Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (patient information)
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What is total anomalous pulmonary venous connection?
How do I know if I have total anomalous pulmonary venous connection and what are the symptoms of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection?
Symptoms vary sidely. Sometimes no symptoms may be present in infancy or early childhood. Sometimes signs may display critically like the following:
Other health problems may also cause these symptoms. Only a doctor can tell for sure. A person with any of these symptoms should tell the doctor so that the problems can be diagnosed and treated as early as possible.
Who is at risk for total anomalous pulmonary venous connection?
The cause of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection is not clear. Some patients have other congenital heart disease.
How to know you have total anomalous pulmonary venous connection?
When to seek urgent medical care?
Treatment options
Diseases with similar symptoms
Where to find medical care for total anomalous pulmonary venous connection?
Directions to Hospitals Treating total anomalous pulmonary venous connection
Prevention of total anomalous pulmonary venous connection
What to expect (Outook/Prognosis)?
Copyleft Sources
http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=1315