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- Title
The role of multi-modality imaging in the case of a left upper lobe partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection associated with patent foramen ovale.
- Authors
Ionescu, Alin; Dobrovie, Monica; Chivulescu, Monica; Ionescu, Raluca; Raica, Adriana; Deleanu, Dan; Ginghina, Carmen; Popescu, Bogdan Alexandru; Jurcut, Ruxandra
- Abstract
Partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection (PAPVC) is a rare abnormality which consists of a failure of connection between the initial draining system of the lungs and the common pulmonary vein. Its occurrence in the left lung represents just 10% of cases and most of the time it is diagnosed as an incidental fi nding either by means of imaging techniques either during thoracic surgery that is undergone for various reasons. Although most patients are asymptomatic, some of them develop during adulthood pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) which ultimately leads to overt right heart failure, raising the issue of whether or not to undergo surgical correction. We present the case of a 66-year-old female patient for whom the defi nitive etiological diagnosis of her dyspnea required a multi-modality imaging approach, highlighting the need for complex interactions between different specialties and subspecialties.
- Subjects
SCIMITAR syndrome; PULMONARY hypertension; THERAPEUTICS
- Publication
Romanian Journal of Cardiology, 2017, Vol 27, Issue 4, p537
- ISSN
1220-658X
- Publication type
Article