Interruption of inferior vena cava with azygos continuation in a newborn

Autor: Mayara Nogueira, Vanessa Gorito, Paulo Éden Santos, Raquel Lopes de Bragança, Jorge Moreira
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: International Journal of Medical Reviews and Case Reports. :1
ISSN: 2534-9821
Popis: We present a male newborn referred to pediatric cardiology due to a heart murmur, whose echocardiographic evaluation showed an intrahepatic inferior vena cava interruption with azygos continuation and two small mesoseptal ventricular septal defects. Although mainly incidental, the early diagnosis of interrupted inferior vena cava can be crucial to avoid complications of invasive vascular procedures.
Databáze: OpenAIRE