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Congenital aortocaval fistula between right aortic sinus of Valsalva and superior vena cava: A rare case report
Author(s) -
Dabirian Mozhdeh,
Ghaemian Ali,
Nabati Maryam,
Golshani Samad,
Shokri Mojtaba
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
echocardiography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.404
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1540-8175
pISSN - 0742-2822
DOI - 10.1111/echo.13794
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , persistent left superior vena cava , fistula , vena cava , aortic sinus , sinus (botany) , superior vena cava , surgery , aorta , coronary sinus , botany , biology , genus
Thoracic aortocaval fistula is a very rare cause of left to right shunt. Drainage of fistula into the superior vena cava ( SVC ) is very uncommon. Clinical symptoms depend on the size of the shunt. We report a rare case of an asymptomatic 27‐year‐old woman with congenital aortocaval fistula to the SVC with a small amount of left to right shunt that was considered for serial medical follow‐up.