| | | | | a physician hears a typical heart murmur and detects |
| Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection | | | | evidence of right ventricular overload. |
| (TAPVC) [Pediatrics] | | | | Measurement of oxygen saturation may detect a |
| | | | | low value, typically in the mid-to-high 80s in children |
| What is Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous | | | | without pulmonary vein obstruction. An |
| Connection (TAPVC) ? | | | | electrocardiogram will reveal evidence of right atrial |
| The pulmonary veins are the four blood vessels (two | | | | and right ventricular enlargement... |
| on each side) that return oxygen-rich blood from the | | | | |
| lungs to the left atrium of the heart. | | | | Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection |
| Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection | | | | (TAPVC) Treatments |
| (TAPVC) is a rare congenital malformation in which all | | | | Surgery in India |
| four pulmonary veins do not connect normally to the | | | | Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection |
| left atrium, but instead drain abnormally to the right | | | | (TAPVC) is a defect which requires surgical |
| atrium by way of an abnormal (anomalous) return. | | | | correction. The timing of the surgical repair varies |
| Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection | | | | depending on the type of Total Anomalous |
| (TAPVC) is classified into different types, based on | | | | Pulmonary Venous Connection (TAPVC) present, and |
| the location of the abnormal pulmonary vein return: | | | | the condition of the child. Surgical repair is performed |
| | | | | emergently in the newborn period for newborns with |
| A. Supracardiac Total Anomalous Pulmonary | | | | Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection |
| Venous Connection (TAPVC) ... | | | | (TAPVC)and obstructed pulmonary veins. This is |
| B. Cardiac Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous | | | | typical for the infracardiac type. Some of these |
| Connection (TAPVC) ... | | | | children will actually require extracorporeal life support |
| C. Infracardiac Total Anomalous Pulmonary | | | | (ECMO) prior to surgery because of their marked |
| Venous Connection (TAPVC) ... | | | | hemodynamic instability. |
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| Why Does Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous | | | | What are treatment results ? |
| Connection (TAPVC) Cause Problems ? | | | | The outcome of surgical repair for Total Anomalous |
| Diminished oxygen content of the arterial blood | | | | Pulmonary Venous Connection (TAPVC)is generally |
| (Cyanosis) and an increased volume load on the right | | | | excellent. The surgical mortality is less than 5 percent |
| ventricle characterize the physiology of Total | | | | when repair is performed electively, in relatively |
| Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return. | | | | healthy children without obstructed pulmonary veins. |
| Because of the abnormal pulmonary vein return there | | | | As expected, the surgical mortality is higher when |
| is complete mixing together of the oxygenated blood | | | | surgery is performed emergently in critically ill |
| returning from the lungs (in pulmonary veins) and the | | | | newborns with obstructed pulmonary venous return. |
| unoxygenated blood returning from the body (in the | | | | Furthermore, critically ill newborns who do survive the |
| vena cavae)... | | | | surgery may require a prolonged period of |
| | | | | post-operative care, often on a ventilator, as their |
| Signs and symptoms of Total Anomalous Pulmonary | | | | lungs recover... |
| Venous Connection (TAPVC) | | | | |
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| venous return are extremely ill soon after birth. | | | | |
| These children are severely cyanotic. They also have | | | | We Care Core Values |
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| The diagnosis of Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous | | | | across the sub continent. |
| Connection (TAPVC)may be initially suspected when | | | | |