Open AccessLevoatriocardinal vein with normal intracardiac anatomy and pulmonary venous return
Author(s) -
Ender Ödemiş,
Celal Akdeni̇z,
Özlem Saygılı,
Ali Rıza Karaci
Publication year - 2011
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 - 10.4103/0974-2069.84667
Subject(s) - medicine , venous return curve , intracardiac injection , cardiology , total anomalous pulmonary venous connection , vein , atresia , pulmonary hypertension , radiology , pulmonary vein , ablation , hemodynamics
Levoatriocardinal vein (LACV) is characterized by an abnormal connection between pulmonary and systemic venous return. This extremely rare cardiac malformation is usually associated with left-sided obstructive lesions including mitral atresia, hypoplastic left-heart syndrome, and abnormal pulmonary venous connection. Patients may have low systemic cardiac output and pulmonary venous obstruction symptoms. In this manuscript, we report a case with LACV and normal pulmonary venous return with absence of any intracardiac pathology. LACV was demonstrated with echocardiography, angiography, and computed tomography. Surgical correction was made successfully.