A Rare Case of Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return to Azygos Vein Without Direct Connection to Great Cardiac Vessels Jae Gun Kwak, MD, Soo-Jin Kim, MD, Chang-Ha Lee, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 92, Issue 3, Pages e51-e52 (September 2011) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.03.147 Copyright © 2011 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Computed tomography (CT) images show the posterior view of the patient's heart. (A) CT scan at the age of 8 years old. The narrow arrow indicates the azygos vein, and the wide arrow indicates the right pulmonary vein. (B) The immediate preoperative CT image shows no significant difference since the initial CT finding. (C) The postoperative CT image shows a good anastomosis site. The triangle indicates the anastomosis area between the azygos vein and left atrial posterolateral wall. The descending thoracic aorta is omitted in (B) and (C) to show the pathway of the azygos vein well. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2011 92, e51-e52DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.03.147) Copyright © 2011 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions