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01-10-2009 | Images in Pediatric Cardiology
Supracardiac Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection with A Descending Vertical Vein
Published in: Pediatric Cardiology | Issue 7/2009
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The commonly used Darling classification for total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) consists of supracardiac, cardiac, infracardiac, and mixed types (Craig et al., Lab Invest 6:44–64, 1967). In supracardiac TAPVC, the common pulmonary vein drains superiorly into the left innominate vein, the superior vena cava, or the azygos vein by way of an ascending vertical vein. We describe a case of supracardiac TAPVC draining into the azygos vein atypically by way of a descending vertical vein.