Multimodality imaging of anomalous pulmonary veins

Prevalence and pattern of total and partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection in Indian patients with congenital heart disease

Background Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection (TAPVC) is a rare form of congenital heart disease (CHD) in which all pulmonary veins connect to the systemic veins, right atrium or the coronary sinus. Echocardiography is a good screening modality in picking up majority of these cases. Cross sectional imaging is often utilized to establish the anatomy and confirm the diagnoses. In this st...

Venous Diversion Surgery Revisited: A Baffling Situation

With the increasing number of survivors with congenital heart disease (CHD) reaching adulthood, it is important for the clinician to be familiar with the various surgical options performed in this growing patient population. We describe the case of a 65-year-old female who presented with hypoxia and right-to-left shunting following a surgical repair of an atrial septal defect (ASD) secundum and...

Multimodality Imaging of Anomalous Left Coronary Artery from the Pulmonary Artery

Computed tomography features of supracardiac total anomalous pulmonary venous connection in an infant

Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) is a rare congenital anomaly of the pulmonary veins drainage. In this entity, the pulmonary veins, instead of draining to left atrium, connect abnormally to the systemic venous circulation. A right-to-left shunt is obligatory for survival. Based on its type and degree of pulmonary venous obstruction, TAPVC may result in pulmonary hypertension ...

Selective pulmonary venous flow visualization and quantification by flow-sensitive four-dimensional cine magnetic resonance imaging facilitates and improves the accurate diagnosis of partial anomalous pulmonary venous drainage

Methods In six patients with echocardiographically suspected PAPVD, anatomy was evaluated using standard magnetic resonance imaging including angiography. Functional analysis included shunt calculations from standard flowmeasurements. Furthermore, 4D VEC MRI was used for visualization of maldraining pulmonary veins and quantification of flow via the maldraining veins and interatrial communicati...