Compression of the pulmonary veins by the descending aorta in patients corrected surgically by the Fontan procedure

Y Kawahira; K Kadoba; H Matsuda

doi:10.1017/s1047951100004686

Compression of the pulmonary veins by the descending aorta in patients corrected surgically by the Fontan procedure

Cardiol Young. 1998 Jan;8(1):86-9. doi: 10.1017/s1047951100004686.

Authors

Y Kawahira¹, K Kadoba, H Matsuda

Affiliation

¹ First Department of Surgery, Osaka University Medical School, Suita, Japan.

PMID: 9680276
DOI: 10.1017/s1047951100004686

Abstract

We describe 4 patients in whom the pulmonary veins were compressed between the descending aorta and the atrial part of the heart in consequence of an abnormal distribution of the pulmonary blood flow after the Fontan procedure.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aorta, Thoracic / diagnostic imaging
Aorta, Thoracic / physiopathology*
Child
Child, Preschool
Female
Fontan Procedure / adverse effects*
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Pulmonary Veins / diagnostic imaging
Pulmonary Veins / physiopathology*
Radiography