Partial anomalous left pulmonary venous return

M Caputo; A Carcagnì; P Presbitero; R Gallotti

Partial anomalous left pulmonary venous return

J Cardiovasc Surg (Torino). 2003 Feb;44(1):61-3.

Authors

M Caputo¹, A Carcagnì, P Presbitero, R Gallotti

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiac Surgery, Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Milan, Italy. massimocaputo@hotmail.com

PMID: 12627074

Abstract

We report the case of a 52-year-old woman with partial left anomalous pulmonary venous return who was successfully treated surgically without the use of extracorporeal circulation by diverting the anomalous left vertical vein into the left atrium through a postero-lateral thoracotomy.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Anastomosis, Surgical / methods
Cardiac Surgical Procedures / methods*
Female
Heart Atria / surgery
Heart Defects, Congenital / surgery*
Humans
Middle Aged
Pulmonary Veins / abnormalities*
Pulmonary Veins / surgery
Treatment Outcome
Vena Cava, Superior / abnormalities*
Vena Cava, Superior / surgery