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Membranous remnant of left venous valve of inferior vena cava: Implications for device closure of atrial septal defects
Author(s) -
Pinto Nelangi M.,
Weinberg Paul M.,
Rome Jonathan J.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
catheterization and cardiovascular interventions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.988
H-Index - 116
eISSN - 1522-726X
pISSN - 1522-1946
DOI - 10.1002/ccd.21066
Subject(s) - medicine , atrial septum , cardiology , inferior vena cava , closure (psychology) , cardiac catheterization , surgery , market economy , economics
We described three pediatric cases during which we encountered a rarely described component of the atrial septum, a membranous remnant of the left venous valve of the IVC, in patients who were brought to the catheterization lab for device closure of an atrial septal defect. In all cases, this remnant was not noted by previous transthoracic imaging. Awareness of this potential anatomic variation is important to successful device closure of atrial septal defects. © 2007 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.