Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection with Unusual Variations
- 15 June 1961
- journal article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 264 (24) , 1233-1235
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm196106152642404
Abstract
SINCE the development of effective surgical methods for treating congenital heart lesions there has been a renewed emphasis on clinical diagnosis. Anomalous pulmonary venous connection is one of the conditions in which the typical clinical syndrome has been clarified in recent years.1 2 3 4 5 6 7 We have studied 2 patients who presented unusual clinical variants of the syndrome.Case ReportsCase 1. A 10-year-old boy was first seen on May 13, 1958, with the complaints of wheezing, dyspnea and ankle edema. The symptoms were progressive and of 2 months' duration. Since the age of 5 years, he had had episodes of wheezing, which . . .Keywords
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