TAPVR

Karen on January 7th, 2012

In my mailbox this week: “I’m just 30 weeks pregnant and my baby has been diagnosed with TAPVD/R.   Please pray that the next scan shows that there is nothing abnormal and that it was a misdiagnosis.  We have waited so long for her and can’t even start to believe it.” I pray that this is [...]

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Karen on April 14th, 2009

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 [...]

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