PULSED WAVE AND COLOR DOPPLER-ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY AND CARDIAC-CATHETERIZATION FINDINGS IN BILATERAL PULMONARY VEIN STENOSIS

Pulmonary vein stenosis is a rare condition that usually is congenital in origin; it is almost invariably fatal in its bilateral and severe forms. It is often overlooked, however, during clinical examination, r outine echocardiography, and even at cardiac catheterization. This rep ort describes the pulsed Doppler, color flow echocardiography, and hem odynamic findings of bilateral pulmonary vein stenosis that accompany ventricular septal defect and atrial septal defect corrected by surger y.