Isolated Anomalous Connection of a Great Vein to the Left Atrium

Isolated Anomalous Connection of a Great Vein

T HE FINDINGS of eyanosis and clubbing not explained by diffuse pulmonary disease and in the presence of a normal heart on physical examination suggest pulmonary arteriovenous fistula. Absence of electrocardiographic evidence of right ventricular hypertrophy and a normal right ventricular pressure on catheterization are further evidence for this diagnosis. The present case, the fourth of its ki...

Isolated anomalous connection of a great vein to the left atrium. The syndrome of cyanosis and clubbing, "normal" heart, and left ventricular hypertrophy on electrocardiogram.

Surgical repair of partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection shunting from left atrium to innominate vein

Partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection (PAPVC) causes a left-to-right shunt from the anomalous pulmonary vein (PV) to a systemic vein. We report an uncommon adult case of PAPVC, in which the left upper PV drained into both the innominate vein and the left atrium (LA), demonstrating retrograde shunting from the LA to the innominate vein. The anomaly was surgically repaired.

Anomalous Middle Cardiac Vein Draining into the Left Atrium

A 67-year-old woman was admitted for radiofrequency catheter ablation (RFCA) of paroxysmal atrial fibrillation. She had underwent patch closure of atrial septal defect 7 years before. Her arterial blood oxygen saturation level was 94.6% without any oxygen supplement. Her electrocardiogram, chest X-ray, and echocardiogram were within normal limits. She underwent cardiac computed tomography for t...

Anomalous connection of the inferior vena cava to the left atrium diagnosed using three-dimensional echocardiography.

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