Absent right superior vena cava.
Takahiro HayashiMasato MurakamiShigeru SaitoPublished in: Journal of general and family medicine (2021)
A patient planned to be performed catheter ablation. However, three-dimensional contrast-enhanced chest computed tomography revealed isolated persistent left superior vena cava. We should know such an anatomical abnormality especially when central venous catheter or peripherally inserted central catheter is inserted from right jugular vein or right subclavian vein.
Keyphrases
- vena cava
- contrast enhanced
- catheter ablation
- computed tomography
- magnetic resonance imaging
- diffusion weighted
- ultrasound guided
- atrial fibrillation
- inferior vena cava
- left atrial
- magnetic resonance
- diffusion weighted imaging
- left atrial appendage
- positron emission tomography
- case report
- dual energy
- single cell
- pulmonary embolism
- image quality
- mitral valve
- left ventricular
- pet ct