ACQUIRED PULMONARY VEIN STENOSIS AFTER SU RGERY OF COMPLEX PARTIAL ANOMALOUS PULMONARY VENOUS DRAINAGE IN THE ADULT - DIAGNOSTIC-VALUE OF TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY

Surgical correction of partial anomalous pulmonary venous drainage is difficult and may be complicated by acquired postoperative stenosis at the site of reimplantation of the pulmonary veins in the left atrium. Diagnosis should be made quickly because of the very poor prognosis d ue to acute pulmonary hypertension. The case described by the authors underlines the value of multiplane transesophageal echocardiography wi th two-dimensional and Doppler analysis for rapid and accurate diagnos is of this complication.