This is one of the best illustrations I have found for explaining PAPVR.
Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return (PAPVR) is a rare congenital heart defect in which blood flow from one or more of the pulmonary veins return to the right atrium instead of to the left atrium. This is a problem because the right atrium [...]
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When faced with a complicated congenital heart defect, confidence in the skill and expertise of your child’s surgeon is of paramount importance. When our son, Nathan, was diagnosed with Scimitar Syndrome, a rare condition characterized by dextrocardia, pulmonary hypoplasia, and Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return, we soon learned that our local surgeons had no personal [...]
Scimitar Syndrome is a rare congenital heart defect characterized by Partial (PAPVR) or Total (TAPVR) Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return. The syndrome gets its name from the curved shape formed by the pulmonary vein. On a chest radiograph, the vein is said to look like a scimitar, a curved sword originating in the Middle East.
The abnormal [...]
In dextrocardia, the heart is abnormally positioned in the right chest instead of forming in the left. This is frequently detected during prenatal ultrasound and may or may not indicate a heart problem.
Dextrocardia Situs Inversus (mirror image) is extremely rare and usually involves no related medical problems. If the viseral organs are mirrored as well, [...]
