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Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection in an adult

BMJ 2024; 385 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2023-076278 (Published 25 April 2024) Cite this as: BMJ 2024;385:e076278
  1. Maithree Mahesh, senior resident1,
  2. Venkatakrishnan Ramakumar, consultant2
  1. 1Department of Paediatrics, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Kanchipuram, India
  2. 2Department of Cardiology, Rela Institute and Medical Centre, Chennai, India
  1. Correspondence to: V Ramakumar venkatakrishnan25.17{at}gmail.com

This chest radiograph (fig 1, left panel) and reconstructed cardiac computed tomography angiography scan (fig 1, right panel) show a rare example of unobstructed supracardiac total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC).1 The patient, a woman in her 30s, presented with worsening dyspnoea, cyanosis, …

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