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Echocardiographic Evaluation of Atrial Communications before Transcatheter Closure
Published on: February 8, 2022
Totally anomalous pulmonary venous connection with intact atrial septum
Sachin Talwar1, Niwin George1, Amitabh Satsangi1
1Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.
Background:
Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection with intact interatrial septum is extremely rare.
Aims:
In these patients, a right to left shunt through a ventricular septal defect or a patent ductus arteriosus is mandatory to maintain the systemic circulation. Mechanical or physiological restriction of shunting through these pathways results in rapid clinical deterioration.
Discussion:
We describe the anatomical findings with surgical repair in one such 10-day-old baby.
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