DIAGNOSIS OF PARTIAL ANOMALOUS PULMONARY VENOUS CONNECTION WITH INTACT INTERATRIAL SEPTUM BY ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY

This case illustrates the complementary use of transthoracic echocardi ography and transesophageal echocardiography in the diagnosis of parti al anomalous pulmonary venous connection The transthoracic echocardiog ram suggested the presence of anomalous pulmonary venous return by dem onstrating right heart volume overload and evidence of an intact atria l septum. Transesophageal echocardiography was required to confirm the se findings and provide a firm anatomic diagnosis before surgery. This case also emphasizes that a high degree of clinical suspicion, for th is condition should occur in situations in which apparent right heart volume overload is otherwise unexplained.