CORRECTION OF ANOMALOUS SYSTEMIC VENOUS DRAINAGE - TRANSPOSITION OF LEFT SVC TO LEFT PA

Authors
TAKACH TJ CORTELLI M LONQUIST JL COOLEY DA
Citation
Tj. Takach et al., CORRECTION OF ANOMALOUS SYSTEMIC VENOUS DRAINAGE - TRANSPOSITION OF LEFT SVC TO LEFT PA, The Annals of thoracic surgery, 63(1), 1997, pp. 228-230
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery,"Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
The Annals of thoracic surgery → ACNP
ISSN journal
00034975
Volume
63
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
228 - 230
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-4975(1997)63:1<228:COASVD>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
In some patients, a persistent left superior vena cava drains into the left atrium (rather than the right) and may produce a symptomatic rig ht-to-left shunt. We describe an extracardiac approach for correcting anomalous systemic venous drainage when the innominate vein is absent. In this technique, the left superior vena cave is transposed to the l eft pulmonary artery. (C) 1997 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons