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Cardinal vein isomerism
- Source :
- Cardiovascular Pathology. 11:149-152
- Publication Year :
- 2002
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 2002.
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Abstract
- Background: A persistent left superior vena cava (PLSVC) is a relatively frequent systemic venous anomaly associated with congenital heart defects. This anomaly has been explained with the persistence of the left superior cardinal vein. PLSVC usually drains into the right atrium, via coronary sinus, but it joins the left atrium in approximately 8% of the cases either directly in the setting of atrial isomerism, or via an unroofed coronary sinus, or through a coronary sinus type atrial septal defect. Case report: We describe a case of an adult patient with atria in the situs solitus, PLSVC draining into the left atrium, atresia of coronary sinus without atrial septal defect, and with additional cardiac anomalies (ventricular septal defect and discrete subaortic stenosis). Conclusion: A possible embryological explanation to this case rises from a right partial isomerism of the superior cardinal veins, which gives reason for both the coexistence of the PLSVC draining into the left atrium and the absence of coronary sinus, atrial septal defect, or coronary sinus ostium.
- Subjects :
- Heart septal defect
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Common cardinal veins
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Atresia
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Cardiology
Discrete Subaortic Stenosis
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Persistent left superior vena cava
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Situs solitus
Coronary sinus
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Details
- ISSN :
- 10548807
- Volume :
- 11
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Cardiovascular Pathology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........d82dd8a33c1dd446f231e1bd30caaa69