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Atresia of the common pulmonary vein

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2006

Youcef Sadou ,
Matteo Ciuffreda  and
Giancarlo Crupi
Youcef Sadou
Affiliation:
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Ospedali Riuniti di Bergamo, Bergamo, Italy
Matteo Ciuffreda
Affiliation:
Centre for Diagnosis and Treatment of Congenital Heart Disease, Ospedali Riuniti di Bergamo, Bergamo, Italy
Giancarlo Crupi
Affiliation:
Centre for Diagnosis and Treatment of Congenital Heart Disease, Ospedali Riuniti di Bergamo, Bergamo, Italy
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Abstract

A newborn girl with atresia of the common pulmonary vein, presented immediately after birth with severe cyanosis and acidosis. The diagnosis of totally obstructed total pulmonary venous return was made by cross-sectional echocardiography. Subsequent cardiac catheterization failed to demonstrate the site of pulmonary venous return. Necropsy showed the pulmonary veins to be connected bilaterally to an atretic common pulmonary vein. There was no obvious alternative pathway for pulmonary venous return.

Keywords

Anomalous pulmonary venous connectioncommon pulmonary vein
Type
Brief Report
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 16 , Issue 4 , August 2006 , pp. 398 - 400
Copyright
© 2006 Cambridge University Press

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