Anomalous Inferior Vena Cava Draining into the Left Atrium Associated with Intact Interatrial Septum and Multiple Pulmonary Arteriovenous Fistulae | Zendy

Harrison Black | Zendy; G. Teeling Smith | Zendy; Walter T. Goodale | Zendy

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Anomalous Inferior Vena Cava Draining into the Left Atrium Associated with Intact Interatrial Septum and Multiple Pulmonary Arteriovenous Fistulae

Author(s) -

Harrison Black,

G. Teeling Smith,

Walter T. Goodale

Publication year - 1964

Publication title -

circulation

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795

H-Index - 607

eISSN - 1524-4539

pISSN - 0009-7322

DOI - 10.1161/01.cir.29.2.258

Subject(s) - medicine , interatrial septum , intracardiac injection , atrial septum , inferior vena cava , cardiology , superior vena cava , left atrium , radiology , atrial fibrillation

A 30-year-old woman with cyanotic heart disease due to anomalous drainage of the inferior vena cava into the left atrium in the presence of an intact interatrial septum is reported. The diagnosis was established during life and the defect was successfully corrected by open-heart surgery. The patient failed to survive due to associated multiple pulmonary arteriovenous fistulae. The embryology of the intracardiac defect, the pathophysiology of these fistulae, and the associated advanced pulmonary atherosclerosis are discussed.

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