Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection: A Great Imitator?

• Main Authors: Rajeev Virender Seecheran MBBS (Author), Taarik Dookie MBBS (Author), Valmiki Krishna Seecheran MBBS (Author), Sangeeta Anjali Persad MBBS (Author), Bryan-Lee Marsang MBBS (Author), Fidel Rampersad MBBS (Author), Paramanand Maharaj MBBS (Author), Naveen Anand Seecheran MBBS, MD, MSc, FACP, FACC, FESC, FSCAI (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2020-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

In isolated partial anomalous pulmonary venous connections (PAPVCs), an abnormal vein connects venous blood from the pulmonary circulation to the systemic circulation, resulting in an extracardiac shunt. A single aberrant pulmonary vein (PV) is usually hemodynamically insignificant, and affected pat...