Atresia of the bilateral pulmonary veins: a rare and dismal anomaly identified on cardiac CT.BACKGROUND
 To describe cardiac CT findings and clinical outcomes of bilateral pulmonary vein atresia.


 We evaluated prenatal echocardiographic findings, clinical presentations, postnatal echocardiographic findings, chest radiographic findings, cardiac CT findings and clinical outcomes.


 Prenatal and postnatal echocardiographic studies and chest radiography were misleading, inconclusive or nonspecific in making the diagnosis in these children; however cardiac CT clearly demonstrated atresia of the bilateral pulmonary veins with multiple small mediastinal collateral veins and pulmonary edema.  Cardiac CT provides an accurate diagnosis of bilateral pulmonary vein atresia and leads to prompt treatment decision in these children.
cardiac CT
Atresia of the bilateral pulmonary veins: a rare and dismal anomaly identified on cardiac CT.BACKGROUND
 To describe cardiac CT findings and clinical outcomes of bilateral pulmonary vein atresia.


 We evaluated prenatal echocardiographic findings, clinical presentations, postnatal echocardiographic findings, chest radiographic findings, cardiac CT findings and clinical outcomes.


 Prenatal and postnatal echocardiographic studies and chest radiography were misleading, inconclusive or nonspecific in making the diagnosis in these children; however cardiac CT clearly demonstrated atresia of the bilateral pulmonary veins with multiple small mediastinal collateral veins and pulmonary edema.  Cardiac CT provides an accurate diagnosis of bilateral pulmonary vein atresia and leads to prompt treatment decision in these children.
cardiac CT
Atresia of the bilateral pulmonary veins: a rare and dismal anomaly identified on cardiac CT.BACKGROUND
 To describe cardiac CT findings and clinical outcomes of bilateral pulmonary vein atresia.


 We evaluated prenatal echocardiographic findings, clinical presentations, postnatal echocardiographic findings, chest radiographic findings, cardiac CT findings and clinical outcomes.


 Prenatal and postnatal echocardiographic studies and chest radiography were misleading, inconclusive or nonspecific in making the diagnosis in these children; however cardiac CT clearly demonstrated atresia of the bilateral pulmonary veins with multiple small mediastinal collateral veins and pulmonary edema.  Cardiac CT provides an accurate diagnosis of bilateral pulmonary vein atresia and leads to prompt treatment decision in these children.
cardiac CT