Double left brachiocephalic vein in an adult patient who underwent cardiac surgery: a case report.
Kimihiro KobayashiTetsuro UchidaYoshinori KurodaAtushi YamashitaEiichi OhbaShingo NakaiTomonori OchiaiMitsuaki SadahiroPublished in: Journal of cardiothoracic surgery (2021)
The presence of double left brachiocephalic veins should be recognized before cardiac surgery in order for us to avoid intraoperative technical issues concerning this venous anomaly and unpredictable intraoperative bleeding due to injury of the accessory left brachiocephalic vein.