TAPVC pulmonary disease can be an obstruction to your child’s future

This article discusses Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection (TAPVC), a condition where the four pulmonary veins that carry oxygen from the lungs create an abnormal connection outside the heart and drain into the right atrium. The only treatment for TAPVC is surgical correction, which involves an open-heart surgery using a 'heart-lung' machine. In this surgery, the abnormal connection is divided, and an anastomosis is created with the left atrium to reroute the pulmonary venous drainage. Timely diagnosis and treatment of TAPVC are crucial for a positive long-term outcome.