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Rare venous connection causing severe hypoxia after Fontan operation.

Authors :
Hayabuchi Y
Inoue M
Kagami S
Source :
Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery [Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg] 2008 Aug; Vol. 7 (4), pp. 718-9. Date of Electronic Publication: 2008 Apr 11.
Publication Year :
2008

Abstract

We describe a rare case of cyanosis following the Fontan operation with right-to-left shunting at the venous level, that is, an azygos venous to pulmonary venous connection. Few cases with partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection to azygos vein have been reported; however, there have been no reports describing the connection from azygos vein to pulmonary vein, which results in desaturation after Fontan operation. Multidetector-row computed tomography (MDCT) was a useful tool to depict this vascular malformation.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
1569-9285
Volume :
7
Issue :
4
Database :
MEDLINE
Journal :
Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
18407962
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1510/icvts.2008.175596