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Successful catheter-based occlusion of persistent left-sided superior vena cava draining into the left atrium
- Source :
- European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging. 13:122-122
- Publication Year :
- 2011
- Publisher :
- Oxford University Press (OUP), 2011.
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Abstract
- A 46-year-old woman presented with progressive fatigue. Her past history was remarkable for partial atrio-ventricular septal defect repair at the age of 9 years. Physical examination was notable for obesity, positional desaturation (PaO2 = 92% standing vs. 88% supine) and Grade 2/6 apical pansystolic murmur. Transthoracic echocardiography showed an intact atrial septum and mild mitral regurgitation. Saline contrast injection from the left arm showed prompt filling of both atria with bubbles consistent with a significant extracardiac right-to-left shunt and suggesting communication at the caval level (see …
- Subjects :
- Cardiac Catheterization
medicine.medical_specialty
Vena Cava, Superior
Supine position
Vascular Malformations
medicine.medical_treatment
Left atrium
Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine
Physical examination
Internal medicine
Occlusion
medicine
Humans
Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging
Heart Atria
cardiovascular diseases
Saline
Fatigue
Mitral regurgitation
medicine.diagnostic_test
business.industry
General Medicine
Middle Aged
Surgery
Catheter
medicine.anatomical_structure
Echocardiography
cardiovascular system
Cardiology
Female
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
business
Shunt (electrical)
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 20472412 and 20472404
- Volume :
- 13
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....802375fde89233016b57621d90e68256
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1093/ejechocard/jer225