Inability to Advance Pulmonary Artery Catheter Unmasking Anomalous Infra-Cardiac Right Pulmonary Venous Return in a Middle-Aged Adult.

Autor: Shaukat, Muhammad Hamza Saad, Jasti, Jaswanth, Pham, Melissa, Stys, Adam, Stys, Tomasz
Zdroj: South Dakota Medicine; May2024, Vol. 77 Issue 5, p231-231, 1p
Abstrakt: The article presents an case study of a rare and complex congenital anomaly in a 57-year-old man, in which an anomalous infra-cardiac right pulmonary venous return was unmasked by the inability to advance a pulmonary artery catheter. Topics discussed include the presentation of a rare congenital anomaly, the diagnostic challenges and findings, and the importance of Computed Tomography (CT) imaging in identifying the anomaly.
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