Total anomalous pulmonary venous return is a heart defect that is present at birth. The condition affects around one in every 10,000 babies born in the US every year, according to the CDC.

This is called total anomalous pulmonary venous return (TAPVR). It is a cyanotic congenital defect which has an incidence of 0.6 to 1.2 per 10,000 live births.

Rugolotto, S., Beghini, R. & Padovani, E. Serendipitous Diagnosis of Infracardiac Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return by Umbilical Venous Catheter Blood Gas Samples. J Perinatol 24 , 315–316 ...

Total anomalous pulmonary venous return. This is a rare heart defect where the blood vessels that drain the lungs are not connected to the heart. Instead, ...

Partial and Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous ReturnAs mentioned above, it has been uncommon for partial anomalous venous return to exist without at least a patent foramen ovale, and more often it i ...

Total anomalous pulmonary venous return. Hypoplastic left heart syndrome. Truncus arteriosus. Terms like these speak volumes to the parents of children with severe congenital heart defects.. Heart ...

Scimitar syndrome, a rare congenital heart disease, involves an anomalous pulmonary venous return where the right pulmonary veins return to the inferior vena cava instead of the left atrium. It is ...

Five patients with partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection of both lung fields have been described 3,7,9; 4 patients had associated septal defects, and the fifth 7 had anomalous connection ...