Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection to the portal vein.

Wyttenbach M; Carrel T; Schüpbach P; Tschäppeler H; Triller J

doi:10.1007/bf02563905

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Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection to the portal vein.

Wyttenbach M Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University Hospital, Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland.
Carrel T
Schüpbach P
Tschäppeler H
Triller J

1996-03-01

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Cardiovascular and interventional radiology. - 1996

Angiography, Digital Subtraction

Ultrasonography, Doppler, Color

English Anomalous pulmonary venous return represents a rare congenital anomaly with wide anatomic and physiologic variability. We report a case of the newborn with a rare form of total infracardiac anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC). The pulmonary veins draining both lungs formed two vertical veins, which joined to a common pulmonary trunk below the diaphragm. This venous channel connected to the portal vein through the esophageal hiatus. The diagnosis was suggested by color Doppler sonography and confirmed by intravenous digital subtraction angiography, which allowed definition of the anatomy.

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