OCCLUSION OF PERSISTENT LEFT SUPERIOR VENA-CAVA TO UNROOFED CORONARY SINUS USING VENA-CAVA FILTER AND COILS

Authors
HENG JT DEGIOVANNI JV
Citation
Jt. Heng et Jv. Degiovanni, OCCLUSION OF PERSISTENT LEFT SUPERIOR VENA-CAVA TO UNROOFED CORONARY SINUS USING VENA-CAVA FILTER AND COILS, HEART, 77(6), 1997, pp. 579-580
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
HEART → ACNP
ISSN journal
13556037
Volume
77
Issue
6
Year of publication
1997
Pages
579 - 580
Database
ISI
SICI code
1355-6037(1997)77:6<579:OOPLSV>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
A 48 year old female with complex cyanotic heart disease and pulmonary hypertension was partly cyanosed because of a persistent left superio r vena cava draining into an unroofed coronary sinus. The left superio r vena cava, which measured 22 mm in diameter, was successfully occlud ed with a Gunther Tulip Vena Cava Mreye Filter which acted as a barrie r for embolisation coils.