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Massive systemic-to-pulmonary collateral arteries in the setting of a cavopulmonary shunt and pulmonary venous stenosis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 October 2007

Lars Grosse-Wortmann ,
Robert Hamilton  and
Shi-Joon Yoo
Lars Grosse-Wortmann
Affiliation:
Section of Cardiac Imaging, Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Toronto, Canada Division of Cardiology, Department of Paediatrics, The University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Robert Hamilton
Affiliation:
Division of Cardiology, Department of Paediatrics, The University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Shi-Joon Yoo*
Affiliation:
Section of Cardiac Imaging, Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Toronto, Canada Division of Cardiology, Department of Paediatrics, The University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
*
Correspondence to: Shi-Joon Yoo, MD, Department of Diagnostic Imaging, The Hospital for Sick Children, 555 University Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 1×8. Tel: 00 1 416 813 6037; Fax: 00 1 416 813 7591; E-mail: shi-joon.yoo@sickkids.ca
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Abstract

We report a patient in whom a cavopulmonary anastomosis had been constructed, along with repair of anomalous pulmonary venous drainage. Left-sided pulmonary venous obstruction led to redistribution of the flow to the right lung. The reversal of flow in the left pulmonary artery was accentuated by flow through collateral arteries feeding the left lung. Within 14 months, the collateral flow increased six-fold, resulting in a doubling of the cardiac output.

Keywords

Pulmonary veinscongenital heart diseasevenous shuntmagnetic resonance
Type
Brief Report
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 17 , Issue 5 , October 2007 , pp. 548 - 550
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2007

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