Mohinder K. Thapar, Eduardo Riff, Zohair Halees
King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre.
Saudi Arabia
British Heart Journal
Brit Heart J 1991; 66: 182-184
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.66.2.182
Abstract
Agenesis of the intrapulmonary and extrapulmonary veins of the right lung was found by angiography and histological examination in a three year old boy. Blood supplied by the intersegmental arteries drained via the pulmonary arteries of the right lung into main and left pulmonary arteries. This caused a shunt between the aorta and pulmonary artery. Agenesis of the pulmonary venous system as a cause of left to right shunt has not been reported before.
Category
Segmental Pulmonary Venous Disease. Without a Focus on Pulmonary Hypertension
Pulmonary Vascular Pathology
Age Focus: Pediatric Pulmonary Vascular Disease
Fresh or Filed Publication: Filed (PHiled). Greater than 1-2 years since publication
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