ANOMALOUS CONNECTION OF INFERIOR VENA-CAVA TO THE LEFT ATRIUM

Authors
CABRERA A ARRIOLA J LLORENTE A
Citation
A. Cabrera et al., ANOMALOUS CONNECTION OF INFERIOR VENA-CAVA TO THE LEFT ATRIUM, International journal of cardiology, 46(1), 1994, pp. 79-81
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
International journal of cardiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
01675273
Volume
46
Issue
1
Year of publication
1994
Pages
79 - 81
Database
ISI
SICI code
0167-5273(1994)46:1<79:ACOIVT>2.0.ZU;2-3
Abstract
A 3-year-old symptomatic girl was diagnosed, using contrast echocardio graphy, as having an anomalous connection of inferior vena cava to the left atrium. Contrast material was injected in a peripheral foot vein , the diagnosis was confirmed by color Doppler flow echocardiography a nd cardiac catheterization. The defect was corrected and the patient i s asymptomatic at this time.