Abstract
•Transcatheter occlusion of vertical vein in a partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection with dual drainage, case series with literature review.•In our manuscript we highlight the possibility of transcatheter Amplatzer device closure of PAPVD with dual drainage is an effective, safe and reproducible approach. It offers many advantages over surgical treatment such as fast recovery, avoidance of mechanical ventilation and PCICU stay, short in-hospital stay, low cost and more patient satisfaction.•In our series, it has been demonstrated that this approach showed appealing results, however larger scale studies and more follow-up periods are required to consolidate these findings.
Partial anomalous pulmonary venous return (PAPVR) is an uncommon type of congenital heart disease occurring due to abnormal drainage of one or more, but not all the pulmonary veins to the systemic veins or directly to the right atrium. The PAPVR might have single (to the systemic veins) or dual drainage (to the systemic as well as left atrium). Management depends on the shunt impact on the heart and lungs, and it is usually surgical correction.
In case of PAPVR with dual drainage, there is a new trend of percutaneous occlusion of the vertical vein with dual drainage anatomy, so that the blood is obliged to flow to the left atrium as in normal hearts.
The scope of this manuscript is to highlight the availability of this alternative option and to present our experience and outcome in 6 PAPVR patients with dual drainage treated using this percutaneous approach.