NEW PROCEDURE OF TREATMENT FOR COMBINED SYSTEMIC VENOUS AND PULMONARYVENOUS OBSTRUCTION FOLLOWING THE MUSTARD OPERATION FOR TRANSPOSITION OF THE GREAT-ARTERIES
Jm. Abdulhamed et al., NEW PROCEDURE OF TREATMENT FOR COMBINED SYSTEMIC VENOUS AND PULMONARYVENOUS OBSTRUCTION FOLLOWING THE MUSTARD OPERATION FOR TRANSPOSITION OF THE GREAT-ARTERIES, Journal of interventional cardiology, 9(3), 1996, pp. 271-274
Three patients aged 4, 6, and 9 years were discovered at cardiac cathe
terization to have combined pulmonary venous and systemic venous obstr
uction following the Mustard operation for transposition of the great
arteries. Relief of systemic venous baffle obstruction may unmask pulm
onary venous obstruction. Full evaluation of the pulmonary venous conf
luence is recommended in any patient with systemic baffle obstruction.