caa a22 4500 388115513 CHVBK 20180307125405.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e199905 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S1047951100004984 doi S1047951100004984 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S1047951100004984 Echocardiographic diagnosis of totally anomalous pulmonary venous connection to the azygos vein [Elektronische Daten] Totally anomalous pulmonary venous connection to the azygos vein is a rare congenital heart malformation in which all the pulmonary venous blood returns anomalously to the azygos vein. Among 111 consecutive patients with totally anomalous pulmonary venous connection undergoing surgical correction at our institution between June 1982 and September 1997, this malformation was present in seven cases. By echocardiography, using a subxyphoid short-axis view at the atrial level and a modified suprasternal sagittal view, the malformation was diagnosed when the pulmonary venous confluence was traced posteriorly and superiorly relative to the right pulmonary artery and right bronchus, finally reaching reach the superior caval vein. Totally anomalous pulmonary venous connection to the azygos vein was misdiagnosed in the first two patients, both by echocardiography and angiocardiography. In the subsequent five patients, a precise diagnosis was obtained by echocardiography. Echocardiography, therefore, can be considered an accurate diagnostic tool permitting recognition of totally anomalous pulmonary venous connection to the azygos vein, and permitting corrective surgery without recourse to catheterization and angiography. Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1999 Totally anomalous pulmonary venous connection nationallicence echocardiography nationallicence Musolino Anna Maria Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Ospedale ‘Bambino Gesù', Rome, Italy Santoro Giuseppe Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Ospedale ‘Bambino Gesù', Rome, Italy Marino Bruno Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Ospedale ‘Bambino Gesù', Rome, Italy Formigari Roberto Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Ospedale ‘Bambino Gesù', Rome, Italy Guccione Paolo Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Ospedale ‘Bambino Gesù', Rome, Italy Pasquini Luciano Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Ospedale ‘Bambino Gesù', Rome, Italy Cardiology in the Young Cambridge University Press 9/3(1999-05), 305-309 1047-9511 9:3<305 1999 9 CTY https://doi.org/10.1017/S1047951100004984 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S1047951100004984 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Musolino Anna Maria Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Ospedale ‘Bambino Gesù', Rome, Italy NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Santoro Giuseppe Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Ospedale ‘Bambino Gesù', Rome, Italy NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Marino Bruno Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Ospedale ‘Bambino Gesù', Rome, Italy NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Formigari Roberto Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Ospedale ‘Bambino Gesù', Rome, Italy NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Guccione Paolo Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Ospedale ‘Bambino Gesù', Rome, Italy NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Pasquini Luciano Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Ospedale ‘Bambino Gesù', Rome, Italy NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Cardiology in the Young Cambridge University Press 9/3(1999-05), 305-309 1047-9511 9:3<305 1999 9 CTY CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge