Specific Echocardiographic Findings Useful for the Diagnosis of Common Pulmonary Vein Atresia

Hiroyuki Nagasawa; Kazuhiro Hirata

doi:10.4081/pr.2015.6228

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9 December 2015

Specific Echocardiographic Findings Useful for the Diagnosis of Common Pulmonary Vein Atresia

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Pediatr. Rep.2015, 7(4), 6228;https://doi.org/10.4081/pr.2015.6228

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Abstract

In this paper, we report a case of common pulmonary vein atresia, which is a very rare disease characterized by cyanosis, heart failure and pulmonary hypertension. Reverse flow in the pulmonary artery at end-diastole as well as in the isthmus of the aorta from early systole to end-diastole detected by echocardiography were found to be specific features useful in diagnosing the disease.

Keywords:

Common pulmonary vein atresia; echocardiography; anomalous pulmonary artery flow; anomalous aortic flow; total anomalous pulmonary venous connection

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