Echocardiographic diagnosis of partial pulmonary venous ectopic drainage with double connections of the right upper pulmonary vein：a case report
10.3760/cma.j.cn131148-20240812-00435
- VernacularTitle:超声心动图诊断右上肺静脉双连接的部分型肺静脉异位引流1例
- Author:
Fan FENG
1
;
Liwen LIU
;
Hui MA
Author Information
1. 空军军医大学第一附属医院超声医学科，西安710032
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Echocardiography;
Anomalous pulmonary venous drainage;
Right superior pulmonary vein;
Superior vena cava
- From:
Chinese Journal of Ultrasonography
2025;34(1):46-48
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection（PAPVC）is a rare congenital heart disease in which at least one pulmonary vein does not flow back into the left atrium，but drains into the systemic circulatory venous system or directly into the right atrium. In this article，a 51-year-old female patient was diagnosed as special abnormal pulmonary vein drainage after undergoing echocardiography due to discomfort in the precardiac area，the right superior pulmonary vein was connected to the superior vena cava and the right atrium at the same time. After surgery，the patient's symptoms was relieved and the cardiac structure and function gradually improved. Based on the understanding of this case，and combined with previous literature to analyze the pathophysiology and ultrasonic diagnostic characteristics of this disease，in order to improve the vigilance of examiners，encourage clinical sonographers to pay attention to echocardiology investigations of abnormal pulmonary vein drainage disease，and effectively improve the diagnosis of PAPVC，thereby effectively reduce the missed diagnosis rate.
