Successful Surgical Intervention of Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Drainage in the Third Decade of Life

✍ Scribed by Ashfaq, Awais; Shah, Nilay; Khan, Mubashir Z.; Atiq, Mehnaz; Amanullah, Muhammad M.

• Book ID: 121930146
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Year: 2013
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 113 KB
• Volume: 2
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 2049-0801
• DOI: 10.1016/S2049-0801(13)70039-6

✦ Synopsis

Total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage (TAPVD) accounts for approximately 1.5% of all congenital heart diseases. It is usually diagnosed in the neonatal period and is rarely seen in adults. We report an unusual case of a patient with TAPVD who was successfully treated at the age of 28 years. We believe that this is the oldest person in the South Asian literature to undergo surgical correction of TAPVD.