Specific echocardiographic findings useful for the diagnosis of common pulmonary vein atresia

Abstract

In this paper, we report a case of common pulmonary vein atresia, which is a very rare disease characterized by cyanosis, heart failure and pulmonary hypertension. Reverse flow in the pulmonary artery at end-diastole as well as in the isthmus of the aorta from early systole to end-diastole detected by echocardiography were found to be specific features useful in diagnosing the disease.

Keywords

• Common pulmonary vein atresia
• echocardiography
• anomalous pulmonary artery flow
• anomalous aortic flow
• total anomalous pulmonary venous connection