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Unexpected persistent left superior vena cava and absent right superior vena cava in situs solitus patient
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Unexpected persistent left superior vena cava and absent right superior vena cava in situs solitus patient

Edward Gologorsky, Francisco Igor B Macedo, Enisa M Carvalho, Radhika Govindaswamy and Tomas A Salerno
Journal of cardiac surgery, Vol.25(1), pp.42-45
2010-01
PMID: 19874417

Abstract

Echocardiography, Transesophageal Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation Situs Inversus - complications Mitral Valve Insufficiency - surgery Heart Defects, Congenital - surgery Coronary Sinus - abnormalities Humans Middle Aged Coronary Sinus - diagnostic imaging Male Vena Cava, Superior - surgery Vena Cava, Superior - diagnostic imaging Ventricular Dysfunction, Left - diagnostic imaging Heart Defects, Congenital - diagnostic imaging Time Factors Heart Defects, Congenital - diagnosis Mitral Valve Insufficiency - diagnostic imaging Vena Cava, Superior - abnormalities
We, herein, report a patient with persistent left superior vena cava with enlarged coronary sinus and absent right superior vena cava. This anomaly, diagnosed intraoperatively during the third open-heart surgery in the course of transesophageal echocardiography examination, was not mentioned during the patient's previous two cardiac operations. Challenges in intraoperative management and implications for subsequent treatments are discussed.

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1 Clinical & Life Sciences
1.168 Vascular, Cardiac & Thoracic Surgery
1.168.2095 Persistent Left Superior Vena Cava
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Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Surgery
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Clinical Medicine

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