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)