Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection With an Intact Interatrial Septum

Sachin Talwar; Bharat Siddharth; Parag Gharde; Shiv Kumar Choudhary

doi:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2018.10.031

Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection With an Intact Interatrial Septum

Ann Thorac Surg. 2019 Jun;107(6):e393-e394. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2018.10.031. Epub 2018 Nov 23.

Authors

Sachin Talwar¹, Bharat Siddharth², Parag Gharde², Shiv Kumar Choudhary²

Affiliations

¹ Cardiothoracic Center, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India. Electronic address: sachintalwar@hotmail.com.
² Cardiothoracic Center, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.

PMID: 30476472
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2018.10.031

Abstract

An interatrial communication is essential for adequate mixing and survival in cases of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection. We report a 5-month-old infant with total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (cardiac type) without an interatrial communication and a large ventricular septal defect.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Abnormalities, Multiple
Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / complications
Heart Septum
Humans
Infant
Male
Pulmonary Veins / abnormalities*