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Three-Dimensional Echocardiographic Method for the Visualization and Assessment of Specific Parameters of the Pulmonary Veins
Published on: October 28, 2020
Imaging of pulmonary venous developmental anomalies
Jonathan R Dillman1, Sai G Yarram, Ramiro J Hernandez
1Department of Radiology, Section of Pediatric Radiology, University of Michigan Health System, C. S. Mott Children's Hospital, 1500 E Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA. jonadill@umich.edu
Objective:
The purpose of this article is to review pulmonary venous embryology and to present the imaging findings of a variety of pulmonary venous developmental anomalies, including total anomalous pulmonary venous connection, partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection, pulmonary vein stenosis and hypoplasia/atresia, and cor triatriatum.
Conclusion:
There are numerous developmental pulmonary venous anomalies. Although these conditions have traditionally been evaluated with echocardiography and angiography, they can be accurately diagnosed using both MRI and MDCT.
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