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Chest, Vol 73, 224-227, Copyright © 1978 by American College of Chest Physicians

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Silent unilateral pulmonary venous obstruction. Occurrence after surgical correction of transposition of the great arteries

JE Lock, RV Lucas Jr, K Amplatz and FB Bessinger Jr

An 11-year-old girl was found to have completely obstructed left pulmonary veins eight years following corrective surgery for transposition of the great arteries. The patient was acyanotic and asymptomatic. Retrograde flow of arterial blood from the affected left lung accounted for an angiographic appearance that mimicked occlusion of the left pulmonary artery and resulted from a failure of systemic venous development. Pulmonary venous anatomy could only be demonstrated by pulmonary arterial wedge angiographic studies. This experience emphasizes that complete unilateral pulmonary venous obstruction may occur in an asymptomatic patient and underlines the importance of investigating pulmonary venous anatomy in any patient with gross inequality of the distribution of pulmonary blood flow.




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