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Ann Thorac Surg 1997;63:744-745
© 1997 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

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Invited Commentary

Department of Cardiovascular Surgery The Children's Hospital 300 Longwood Ave Boston, MA 02115

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See also page 741.

This report by DeLeon and co-workers reemphasizes the point that pulmonary venous obstruction is an important consideration in the management of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection to the coronary sinus. Embryologically, the coronary sinus is derived from the embryonic cardinal vein system, and there are connections between the venous drainage of the embryonic lung buds and the systemic veins prior to the development of the normal connections to the common pulmonary vein, which then merges with the posterior wall of the left atrium. In the usual case, these embryonic pulmonary venous to . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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