Late-onset total anomalous pulmonary venous connection in a 70-year-old woman. 2021

Sho Takagi, and Akio Nakasu, and Junji Yanagisawa, and Yoshihiro Goto
Cardiovascular Surgery, Toyohashi Heart Center, Toyohashi, Japan sho.takagi25@gmail.com.

Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) is a rare congenital cardiac anomaly. There are a few reports of untreated TAPVC diagnosed in patients older than 60 years. Herein, we report the successful surgical treatment of TAPVC in a 70-year-old woman. A 70-year-old woman with TAPVC presented with symptoms of acute heart failure. We closed an atrial septal defect and performed tricuspid annuloplasty and commissurotomy of the pulmonary valve. Postoperative CT showed no residual shunt, and the pulmonary veins drained into the left atrium. She had an uneventful postoperative course. This report describes the case of the oldest known patient who underwent surgical treatment for TAPVC. Surviving into adulthood with little or no symptoms is uncommon in patients with TAPVC, and cases of late-onset TAPVC, such as our case, are rare. Nevertheless, close vigilance is necessary to prevent misdiagnosis in patients with this clinical presentation.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D011667 Pulmonary Veins The veins that return the oxygenated blood from the lungs to the left atrium of the heart. Pulmonary Vein,Vein, Pulmonary,Veins, Pulmonary
D005260 Female Females
D006325 Heart Atria The chambers of the heart, to which the BLOOD returns from the circulation. Heart Atrium,Left Atrium,Right Atrium,Atria, Heart,Atrium, Heart,Atrium, Left,Atrium, Right
D006330 Heart Defects, Congenital Developmental abnormalities involving structures of the heart. These defects are present at birth but may be discovered later in life. Congenital Heart Disease,Heart Abnormalities,Abnormality, Heart,Congenital Heart Defect,Congenital Heart Defects,Defects, Congenital Heart,Heart Defect, Congenital,Heart, Malformation Of,Congenital Heart Diseases,Defect, Congenital Heart,Disease, Congenital Heart,Heart Abnormality,Heart Disease, Congenital,Malformation Of Heart,Malformation Of Hearts
D006344 Heart Septal Defects, Atrial Developmental abnormalities in any portion of the ATRIAL SEPTUM resulting in abnormal communications between the two upper chambers of the heart. Classification of atrial septal defects is based on location of the communication and types of incomplete fusion of atrial septa with the ENDOCARDIAL CUSHIONS in the fetal heart. They include ostium primum, ostium secundum, sinus venosus, and coronary sinus defects. Atrial Septal Defects,Ostium Primum Atrial Septal Defect,Persistent Ostium Primum,Atrial Septal Defect,Atrial Septal Defect Ostium Primum,Ostium Secundum Atrial Septal Defect,Defect, Atrial Septal,Ostium Primum, Persistent,Primum, Persistent Ostium,Septal Defect, Atrial
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults
D000368 Aged A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available. Elderly
D012587 Scimitar Syndrome An anomalous pulmonary venous return in which the right PULMONARY VEIN is not connected to the LEFT ATRIUM but to the INFERIOR VENA CAVA. Scimitar syndrome is named for the crescent- or Turkish sword-like shadow in the chest radiography and is often associated with hypoplasia of the right lung and right pulmonary artery, and dextroposition of the heart. Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return,Pulmonary Venous Return Anomaly,Scimitar Anomaly,TAPVR,TAPVR1,Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return,Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return 1,Anomaly, Scimitar

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