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Partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection other imaging findings

Introduction

2018 AHA/ACC Guideline for the Management of Adults With Congenital Heart Disease: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines[1]

2018 AHA/ACC Guideline for the Management of Adults With Congenital Heart Disease: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines[1]

Recommendations for Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connections

Class I
1.”CMR or CTA is recommended for evaluation of partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection. (Level of Evidence: B-NR)”
Class IIa
1.”Cardiac catheterization can be useful in adults with partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection to further define hemodynamics (Level of Evidence: B-NR)”

Volume overload of the right heart caused by an abnormal link between a pulmonary vein and a systemic vein will have physiological effects resembling those of an ASD. However, anomalous pulmonary venous connection differs from related ASD in that there is no chance for right-to-left shunting, and the severity of the left-to-right shunt is not increased by the onset of acquired left heart disease. The right upper pulmonary vein’s connection to the superior vena cava, which may be accompanied by a sinus venosus defect, is the most frequent aberrant pulmonary venous connection.

References

References

  1. ↑ Stout KK, Daniels CJ, Aboulhosn JA, Bozkurt B, Broberg CS, Colman JM; et al. (2019). “2018 AHA/ACC Guideline for the Management of Adults With Congenital Heart Disease: Executive Summary: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines”. J Am Coll Cardiol. 73 (12): 1494–1563. doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2018.08.1028. PMID 30121240.