Congenital pulmonary vein stenosis associated with cor triatriatum

Ann Thorac Surg. 2001 Feb;71(2):722-3. doi: 10.1016/s0003-4975(00)02346-8.

Abstract

We report an 11-year-old boy who underwent surgical correction for stenosis of the right and left lower pulmonary veins at their junction with the left atrium and associated cor triatriatum. The embryology and therapeutic approaches to congenital pulmonary veins stenosis are discussed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Cor Triatriatum / diagnosis
  • Cor Triatriatum / surgery*
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Pulmonary Veins / surgery
  • Pulmonary Veno-Occlusive Disease / congenital*
  • Pulmonary Veno-Occlusive Disease / diagnosis
  • Pulmonary Veno-Occlusive Disease / surgery
  • Recurrence
  • Reoperation