Risk factors for pulmonary venous obstruction after total anomalous pulmonary venous connection repair / 中华胸心血管外科杂志

ABSTRACT

Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection is a rare congenital heart disease. The treatment of the disease itself and postoperative pulmonary vein obstruction(PVO)is a difficult problem for cardiac surgeons. The purpose of this paper is to summarize the progress of research on PVO after TAPVC repair in recent years at home and abroad, and to describe its definition, mechanism, pathological typing, clinical manifestations, diagnosis, and risk factors, in order to be able to correctly understand PVO, provide opinions for choosing reasonable treatment and reduce the occurrence of postoperative PVO.