The purpose of this article is to review the basic embryology and anatomy of the pulmonary
veins and the various imaging techniques used to evaluate the pulmonary veins, as well as …

The pulmonary veins carry oxygenated blood from the lungs to the heart, but their
importance to the radiologist extends far beyond this seemingly straightforward function. The …

With the increased use of cross-sectional imaging, systemic venous anomalies are more
frequently being recognized in asymptomatic patients. Accurate characterization of systemic …

The imaging of pulmonary venous anatomy has traditionally been performed with
echocardiography and catheter pulmonary angiography. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) …

Congenital vascular anomalies of the thorax represent an important group of entities that
can occur either in isolation or in association with different forms of congenital heart disease …

We aimed to review computed tomography and magnetic resonance angiography of
congenital anomalies of pulmonary veins. Total anomalous pulmonary venous return shows …

The introduction of multidetector row CT (MDCT) has substantially increased its clinical use
for cardiac CT scanning in children over the past decade. 1–5 Fast scan speeds and …

Developmental lung anomalies are classified into 3 main categories: bronchopulmonary
(lung bud) anomalies, vascular anomalies, and combined lung and vascular anomalies …

Total anomalous pulmonary venous connection refers to a spectrum of cardiac anomalies
where the pulmonary veins fail to return to the left atrium and the pulmonary venous blood …

Pulmonary venous anomalies comprise a wide spectrum of anatomical variations and their
clinical presentations may vary from the relatively benign single partial anomalous …