A UNIQUE LEFT-TO-RIGHT SHUNT CHARACTERIZED BY MULTIMODALITY CARDIAC IMAGING

Authors
STEIN JH BRODERICK L NEUMANN A SNELL RJ HANASHIRO PK CARALIS DG
Citation
Jh. Stein et al., A UNIQUE LEFT-TO-RIGHT SHUNT CHARACTERIZED BY MULTIMODALITY CARDIAC IMAGING, Chest, 107(4), 1995, pp. 1162-1164
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Respiratory System
Journal title
Chest → ACNP
ISSN journal
00123692
Volume
107
Issue
4
Year of publication
1995
Pages
1162 - 1164
Database
ISI
SICI code
0012-3692(1995)107:4<1162:AULSCB>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
We describe the first reported patient with a persistent left superior vena cava that communicates directly with the left atrium as an isola ted congenital defect. She developed mitral stenosis and physiologic c onditions that favored left-to-right shunting - a modified Lutembacher 's syndrome. Noninvasive cardiac imaging completely elucidated her car diac anatomy and physiology.