Open AccessAbnormal location of umbilical venous catheter due to Scimitar syndrome
Author(s) -
Christopher R. Mart,
Charlotte S. Van Dorn
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
annals of pediatric cardiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.292
H-Index - 19
eISSN - 0974-2069
pISSN - 0974-5149
DOI - 10.4103/0974-2069.140866
Subject(s) - scimitar syndrome , medicine , inferior vena cava , diaphragm (acoustics) , catheter , right atrium , left atrium , cardiology , radiology , physics , acoustics , loudspeaker , atrial fibrillation
Scimitar syndrome is a rare congenital anomaly where the right pulmonary veins return to the inferior vena cava (IVC) just below the diaphragm. On chest X-ray (CXR), an IVC catheter will be in a bizarre location outside the heart if it inadvertently passes into the scimitar vein rather than into the right atrium.