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Anomalous drainage of isolated superior caval vein to the left atrium: the oldest reported unrepaired case.

Maria BoutsikouDudley J PennellEva Nyktari
Published in: Cardiology in the young (2017)
Isolated right superior caval vein drainage into the left atrium is a rare congenital cardiac anomaly usually presenting with hypoxaemia and cyanosis. Surgical repair is the definitive treatment for this condition. In this report, we present the case of a 72-year-old patient with uncorrected anomalous drainage of a right superior caval vein into the left atrium, first diagnosed in the 1960s. To the best of our knowledge, this is the oldest reported unrepaired case.
Keyphrases
  • inferior vena cava
  • vena cava
  • pulmonary embolism
  • ultrasound guided
  • pulmonary artery
  • case report
  • left atrial appendage
  • squamous cell carcinoma
  • pulmonary hypertension