Open AccessRetroaortic left innominate vein - Incidence, association with congenital heart defects, embryology, and clinical significance
Author(s) -
Snehal Kulkarni,
Shreepal Jain,
Pankaj Kasar,
Swati Garekar,
Suresh Joshi
Publication year - 2008
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 - 10.4103/0974-2069.43881
Subject(s) - medicine , tetralogy of fallot , incidence (geometry) , aortic arch , heart disease , cardiology , clinical significance , aorta , physics , optics
In a retrospective analysis of echocardiograms, the incidence of retroaortic innominate vein was found to be 0.55% amongst children with congenital heart disease. It was most commonly associated with tetralogy of Fallot and right aortic arch.
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