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(Circulation. 1972;46:368.)
© 1972 American Heart Association, Inc.

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Common Pulmonary Vein Atresia

Premortem Diagnosis in Two Infants

RICHARD E. HAWKER M.B., M.R.A.C.P.¹; JOHN M. CELERMAJER M.B., F.R.A.C.P.¹; DON C. GENGOS M.B., F.R.A.C.S.¹; TIMOTHY B. CARTMILL M.B., F.R.A.C.S.¹; J. DENBY BOWDLER M.B., D.D.R.¹

¹ From the Adolph Basser Institute of Cardiology, Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children, Sydney, Australia.

Two cases of common pulmonary vein atresia (CPVA) are presented. In one, the diagnosis was suspected on clinical grounds, and in both it was c onfirmed by cardiac catheterization and angiocardiography. Surgical correction was attempted unsuccessfully in one. Prompt identification of the defect followed by immediate operation, using a technic of profound hypothermia and circulatory arrest, offers hope of successful correction in this rare anomaly.

Key Words: Congenital heart disease • Cardiac catheterization • Hypothermia

Submitted on February 4, 1972
Accepted on March 13, 1972