Persistent Left Sperior Vena Cava Draining into the Left Atrium with Absent Right Superior Vena Cava in Tetralogy of Fallot.
- Author:
Hyuck KIM
1
;
Byung Il KIM
;
Nam Soo KIM
;
Young Hak KIM
;
Won Sang JUNG
;
Jung Ho KANG
;
Heng Ok JEE
;
Churl Bum LEE
;
Seok Choi JEON
Author Information
1. Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Hanyang University Hospital.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Vena cava, superior;
Tetralogy of Fallot
- MeSH:
Coronary Sinus;
Embryonic Structures;
Heart Atria*;
Humans;
Infant;
Pulmonary Artery;
Tetralogy of Fallot*;
Vena Cava, Superior*
- From:The Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
1999;32(12):1115-1117
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
A persistent left superior vena cava draining into the coronary sinus is the most benign and widely encountered abnormality and can easily be explained embryologically as the persistence of the usual pattern of vnous circulation in the embryo,. However a persistent left superior vena cava draining into the left atrium with absent right superior vena cava is an extremely rare anomaly. We report this situation in an infant with tetralogy of Fallot. The most common approach has traditionally been intraatrial baffle repair to create a tunnel to the right atrium or rerouting of the left superior vena cava flow by directly anastomosing the left superior vena cava to the right atrium In the present study the left superior vena cava was transposed to the left pulmonary artery after the correction of tetralogy of Fallot. The most common approach has traditionally been intraatrial baffle repair to create a tunnel to the right atrium or rerouting of the left superior vena cava flow by directly anastomosing the left superior vena cava to the right atrium. In the present study the left superior vena cava was transposed to the left pulmonary artery after the correction of tetralogy of Fallot.
