Left-sided or transposed inferior vena cava ascending as hemiazygos vein and draining into the coronary sinus via persistent left superior vena cava: case report
| Autor: | Mehmet Birhan Yylmaz, Sule Korkmaz, Ümit Güray, Nizamettin Selcuk Yelgec, Ayça Boyaci, Yesim Guray |
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| Rok vydání: | 2004 |
| Předmět: |
education.field_of_study
Aorta business.industry Hemiazygos vein medicine.medical_treatment Population Anatomy medicine.disease Inferior vena cava medicine.vein Superior vena cava medicine.artery cardiovascular system medicine cardiovascular diseases Persistent left superior vena cava Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine education business Coronary sinus Cardiac catheterization |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Cardiology. 93:293-295 |
| ISSN: | 0167-5273 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/s0167-5273(03)00154-2 |
| Popis: | Left persistent superior vena cava occurs in f0.3% of the general population and 4.3% in patients with congenital heart disease. Left-sided inferior vena cava has been welldescribed and occurs in f0.2–0.5% of the general population. In most cases left inferior vena cava crosses over to the right via the left renal vein or more inferiorly and crossover is usually anterior but rarely posterior to the aorta [1]. Entire transposition of the inferior vena cava to the left with hemiazygos continuation is extremely rare although it has been previously described [2]. We report a case of a leftsided (transposed) inferior vena cava communicating with the hemiazygos vein which is draining into the dilated coronary sinus via persistent left superior vena cava. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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