1. Left Superior Vena Cava Draining Into Left Atrium in Tetralogy of Fallot-Four Cases of a Rare Association.
- Author
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Ramman TR, Dutta N, Chowdhuri KR, Agrawal S, Girotra S, Azad S, Radhakrishnan S, Iyer PU, and Iyer KS
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- Adult, Cardiac Catheterization, Child, Child, Preschool, Echocardiography, Female, Heart Atria diagnostic imaging, Humans, Infant, Male, Persistent Left Superior Vena Cava surgery, Tetralogy of Fallot surgery, Vena Cava, Superior diagnostic imaging, Cardiac Surgical Procedures methods, Heart Atria abnormalities, Persistent Left Superior Vena Cava diagnosis, Tetralogy of Fallot diagnosis, Vena Cava, Superior abnormalities
- Abstract
Persistent left superior vena cava is a common congenital anomaly of the thoracic venous system. Left superior vena cava draining into left atrium is a malformation of sinus venosus and caval system. The anomaly may be a cause of unexplained hypoxia even in adults. It may give rise to various diagnostic and technical challenges during cardiac catheterization and open-heart surgery. It is often detected serendipitously during diagnostic workup. Isolated left superior vena cava opening into left atrium is very commonly associated with other congenital heart defects. But tetralogy of Fallot is very rarely associated with persistent left superior vena cava which drains into left atrium. We report four such cases who underwent surgical correction successfully.
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- 2020
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