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Surgical Management of Persistent Left Superior Vena Cava Associated with an Absent Right Superior Vena Cava
Author(s) -
Luo ZhiQiang,
Liu KeYe,
Han Zhe,
Zhou Cheng,
Liu FuLin,
Zhou XiaoDong
Publication year - 2012
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.1540-8191.2011.01376.x
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiopulmonary bypass , persistent left superior vena cava , pericardium , superior vena cava , cannula , surgery , cardiology , coronary sinus
A case of persistent left with absent right superior vena cava accompanied with atrial septal defect in a six‐year‐old girl is presented. This rare venous malformation was diagnosed incidentally during surgery when the pericardium was incised. An L‐shape cannula was directly inserted into the left superior vena cava for cardiopulmonary bypass. The atrial septal defect was closed with a fresh autologous pericardial patch. The surgical management of this rare anomaly is the subject of this review. (J Card Surg 2012;27:117–118)