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Retrosternal Compression Seven Years after Surgical Correction of Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection: Scimitar Syndrome
Author(s) -
Delmo Walter Eva Maria B.,
AlexiMeskishvilli Vladimir,
Hetzer Roland
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of cardiac surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1540-8191
pISSN - 0886-0440
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2008.00613.x
Subject(s) - scimitar syndrome , medicine , compression (physics) , total anomalous pulmonary venous connection , radiology , cardiology , inferior vena cava , materials science , composite material
Seven years after surgical correction of Scimitar syndrome, a 19‐year‐old patient complained of progressive dyspnea and tachycardia. Transthoracic echocardiography revealed a mass compressing the right ventricle. Magnetic resonance tomogram showed its exact retrosternal location and nature. A computed tomography‐guided drainage decompressed the mass. Because of cystic wall persistence, a surgical extirpation of the whole cystic cavity was deemed necessary.