Alejandro R. Peirone1,*, Alejandro E. Contreras2, Carolina Carrizo2, Mailén Konicoff2, Raúl O. Cayre3
Congenital Heart Disease, Vol.15, No.4, pp. 267-274, 2020, DOI:10.32604/CHD.2020.013199
Abstract A 43-year-old woman with a past medical history of aortic coarctation
surgically repaired at the age of 3 years using an end-to-end anastomosis, presented with 2 years complain of increasing dyspnea and fatigue with exercise
associated to frequent palpitations. During extensive work-up, she was found to
have a partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection (PAPVC) with “dual drainage” represented by a communication between the right pulmonary veins draining into the left atrium and the innominate vein via an anomalous vein due to a
persistence of early connections between the sinus of the right pulmonary veins
and the cardinal veins system in… More >
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