Successful correction of a total anomalous venous connection in a 63-year-old male--case report and review of the literature

Congenit Heart Dis. 2010 Sep-Oct;5(5):470-5. doi: 10.1111/j.1747-0803.2009.00372.x.

Abstract

Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection is a rare variant of cyanotic congenital heart disease and usually requires surgical correction within the first few months of life. We report midterm results of a 63-year-old male with intracardiac total anomalous venous return into the coronary sinus who presented with congestive predominantly right heart failure and underwent corrective surgery with unroofing of the coronary sinus and patch closure of the secundum atrial septal defect.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Cardiac Surgical Procedures*
  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Echocardiography
  • Heart Failure / etiology
  • Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / complications
  • Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / surgery
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Scimitar Syndrome / complications
  • Scimitar Syndrome / diagnosis
  • Scimitar Syndrome / surgery
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Young Adult