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Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) is a rare type of congenital heart disease in which all four pulmonary veins connect to the systemic venous circulation, the right atrium or the coronary sinus. Signs and symptoms of TAPVC can sometimes mimic primary pulmonary pathology such as bronchiolitis, resulting in delay of diagnosis, especially during winter months when bronchiolitis is prevalent. Prompt diagnosis is vital as obstructed TAPVC is a true cardiac surgical emergency. We present the case of a 3-week-old female, who was admitted to our Paediatric Intensive Care Unit with presumed bronchiolitis, but was then found to have infracardiac TAPVC.
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Mikrou, P., Ramesh, P. (2016). Is This Really Bronchiolitis?. In: Magee, A., Till, J., Seale, A. (eds) Practical Pediatric Cardiology. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-4183-9_14
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