Diagnóstico ecocardiográfico de transposiçäo das grandes artérias associada à drenagem anômala de veias pulmonares / Echocardiographic diagnosis of transposition of the great arteries associated with anomalous pulmonary venous connection
Arq. bras. cardiol
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77(1): 63-68, July 2001. ilus
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in Portuguese, English
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| ID: lil-288991
ABSTRACT
We report 2 cases of transposition of the great arteries associated with anomalous pulmonary venous connection emphasizing the clinical findings, the diagnosis, and the evolution of the association. One of the patients had the anomalous pulmonary venous connection in its total infradiaphragmatic form, in the portal system, and the other patient had a partial form, in which an anomalous connection of the left superior lobar vein with the innominate vein existed. At the time of hospital admission, the patients had cyanosis and respiratory distress with clinical findings suggesting transposition of the great arteries. The diagnosis in 1 of the cases, in which the anomalous connection was partial, was established only with echocardiography, without invasive procedures that would represent risk for the patient; in the other case, in which the anomalous connection was total, the malformation was only evidenced with catheterization. The patients underwent surgery for anatomical correction of the heart disease. Only 1 patient had a good outcome
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Main subject:
Pulmonary Veins
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Heart Defects, Congenital
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
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Risk factors
Limits:
Humans
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Infant
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Male
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Infant, Newborn
Language:
English
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Portuguese
Journal:
Arq. bras. cardiol
Journal subject:
Cardiology
Year:
2001
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil
Institution/Affiliation country:
Real e Benemérita Sociedade Portuguesa de Beneficência/BR
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