Figures
Figure 1. Patient 1 showed left pulmonary vein (PV) obstruction in follow-up computed tomography (CT) angiography and cardiac catheterization. (A) The follow-up CT angiography showed left PV obstruction (arrow). (B) Cardiac catheterization showed a sharp demarcation of the left PV flow at the descending aorta border.
Figure 2. Posterior aortopexy technique. (A) Descending aorta (DA) was fixed to the posterior chest wall using Teflon pledget-buttressed polypropylene sutures. (B) The DA was relocated posteriorly after snares were tightened.
Caud = caudad; Ceph = cephalad.
Figure 3. Computed tomography (CT) angiography findings (A) before (inset, schematic drawing of the axial CT image at the level of the left pulmonary vein obstruction) and (B) after posterior aortopexy in patient 3 (preoperative (a) and postoperative (a’) angle between the descending aorta and the vertebra)
DA = descending aorta; LA = left atrium; PV = pulmonary vein; V = vertebra.
Figure 4. Computed tomography angiography findings (A) before and (B) after posterior aortopexy in patient 5.
Figure 5. Computed tomography angiography findings (A) before and (B) after posterior aortopexy in patient 2 show diffuse left lower pulmonary vein stenosis (arrows)