Staged approach for correction of anomalous venous return to the azygos vein

Partial anomalous pulmonary venous return into the azygous vein is a rare pathological finding. We describe the case of a 28-year-old girl who had a successful staged approach to treat this rare congenital heart disease. To avoid potential connection of a systemic venous return to the left atrium, the proximal part of the azygous vein was occluded with a percutaneous approach, then the azygous vein flow was redirected into the left atrium with a surgical procedure.

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The study reports a rare case of successful staged treatment of partial anomalous pulmonary venous return into the azygous vein in a 28-year-old girl. By occluding the proximal part of the azygous vein with a percutaneous approach, and then redirecting the azygous vein flow into the left atrium through surgery, this rare congenital heart disease was effectively treated.