Anomalies of The Pulmonary Veins
Anomalies of The Pulmonary Veins
Anomalies of The Pulmonary Veins
PAPVC
TAPVC
Embryology of pulmonary veins
Common pulmonary
vein atresia
Cor triatriatum
Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection
Kirklin classification:
• Sinus venosus malformation
• Right superior pulmonary vein to Superior Vena Cava
• Right pulmonary veins to Right Atrium
• Right pulmonary veins to Inferior Vena Cava
• Scimitar Syndrome (Right pulmonary veins to Inferior Vena Cava,
Scimitar pulmonary veins to left atrium, Left pulmonary veins to
Inferior Vena Cava)
• Rare connections of right pulmonary veins (azygos vein, coronary sinus)
• Left pulmonary venous connection
• Bilateral partial pulmonary venous connection
Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection
Physiology
• Factors affects hemodynamic state:
- Number of anomalously connected veins
- The site of the anomalous connections
- The presence and size (if present) of an ASD
• Flow of anomalously connected veins compared with normal veins ?
- Lung hypoplasia
- Compliance of atrium
- Pulmonary vascular resistance
Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection
Clinical features
• Similar to ASD and TAPVC, depend on the flow of anomalous
pulmonary veins and Qp/Qs
Electrocardiographic Features
• Similar to uncomplicated ASD
Radiologic features
• Snowman sign
• Azygos vein enlargement
• Scimitar sign
Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection
Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection
Treatment
• Medical management: heart failure, increased pulmonary blood flow,
pulmonary vascular disease
• Surgical management: is indicated when patients exhibit evidence of
pulmonary overcirculation or respiratory insufficiency
Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection
Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection
Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection
Clinical features
• Obstructed TAPVC – Patients with severe obstruction generally present
as critically ill newborns with profound cyanosis, respiratory failure, and
shock. Obstructed TAPVC results in elevated pulmonary artery pressure,
pulmonary edema, respiratory distress, diminished systemic output,
and hypotension.
• Unobstructed TAPVC – Patients with unobstructed lesions may only
have subtle cyanosis immediately after birth, which may be detected
with pulse oximetry screening. Although hypoxia is invariably present in
unobstructed TAPVC, the degree can vary, and some patients may not
appear to be cyanotic. Commonly, oxygen saturations (SaO2) measured
by cardiac catheterization were 88 and 92 percent.
Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection
Treatment
• Medical management
- Unobstructed: heart failure, increased pulmonary blood flow,
pulmonary vascular disease
- Obstructed: Oxygen + Ventilation + Inotropic support ± PEG1 ± ECMO
• Palliative cardiac catheterization procedures: atrial septostomy, stent
placements into severely obstructed positions.
• Surgical management
Cor Triatriatum
Cor Triatriatum
Clinical features
• cor triatriatum presents in infancy with signs and symptom of
pulmonary hypertension and pulmonary venous obstruction. Due to
low cardiac output, children can show poor growth and weight gain,
feeding difficulties, respiratory distress, and tet spells.
• Most common symptoms: Dyspnea and orthopnea, Easy fatigability,
Hemoptysis, Exercise intolerance and shortness of breath, Palpitations
Cor Triatriatum
Xray features
- Pulmonary congestion with haziness (Kerley B-lines)
- Ground glass appearance of acute pulmonary edema
- Prominent pulmonary vessels
- Pleural effusion
- Left atrial enlargement
- Cardiomegaly
Electrocardiographic features
ECG shows RVH, atrial fibrillation
Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection
Cor Triatriatum
Treatment
• Medical management
- Heart failure, increased pulmonary blood flow, pulmonary vascular
disease, thromboembolic prophylaxis
• Surgical management: Complete surgical resection of atrial
appendage/accessory membrane through a midline sternotomy
under cardiopulmonary bypass and closure of atrial septum with a
pericardial patch
Echocardiography evalution of Pulmonary Veins Anomalities
Preoperative examination
- Identify each pulmonary vein and its connection site by 2D and color Doppler. Do not assume two veins from
each lung; the number of individual pulmonary veins varies, and additional vein(s) with separate
connection(s) to a systemic vein (e.g., left innominate vein, azygous vein, IVC, SVC) should be excluded.
- Follow each anomalously connecting pulmonary vein from its origin to its connection to the systemic vein
from multiple views by continuous 2D and by color Doppler sweeps.
- Interrogate each pulmonary vein by spectral Doppler and record mean gradients; interrogate by spectral
Doppler and record mean gradient in every site where flow velocity accelerates and the lumen narrows by
color Doppler.
- In TAPVC: measure the diameters of each pulmonary vein and the smallest diameter of the pulmonary
venous confluence.
Echocardiography evalution of Pulmonary Veins Anomalities
Preoperative examination
- Image the anatomic relationship between the pulmonary venous confluence and the left atrium.
- Rule out mixed drainage (make sure no additional pulmonary veins enter a systemic vein separately).
- Rule out anomalous systemic venous connections.
- Assess atrial septum, direction of atrial shunt, and evaluate for restriction to flow (color and spectral
Doppler).
- Assess presence and degree of right ventricular volume load (TV annulus diameter; diastolic septal
flattening; qualitative assessment of RV size; RV volume by 3D, if feasible).
- Assess RV pressure by tricuspid and pulmonary regurgitation jet velocities and by systolic septal
configuration.
- Measure LA and LV volumes.
- Exclude associated cardiovascular anomalies.