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Persistent Left‐Sided Superior Vena Cava: Integrated Noninvasive Diagnosis
Author(s) -
Recupero Antonino,
Pugliatti Pietro,
Rizzo Fabrizio,
Carerj Scipione,
Cavalli Giovanni,
de Gregorio Cesare,
Di Bella Gianluca,
Minutoli Fabio,
Arrigo Francesco,
Oreto Giuseppe,
Coglitore Sebastiano
Publication year - 2007
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/j.1540-8175.2007.00509.x
Subject(s) - persistent left superior vena cava , medicine , vena cava , radiology , cardiology , coronary sinus
Persistent left superior vena cava (PLSVC) is a rare finding. We describe 5 patients with PLSVC diagnosed by a noninvasive approach, including two‐dimensional (2D) echocardiogram, nuclear magnetic resonance and multislice computed tomography (MCT). In 4 cases the PLSVC was isolated (“alone PLSVC”), and in 1 case associated with a right superior vena cava.