Single Femoral Venous Drainage Versus Both Vena Cava Drainage in Isolated Repeat Tricuspid Valve Surgery

Vacuum-assisted venous drainage in tricuspid valve re-replacement.

The number of reoperations for prosthetic valve replacement has increased in recent years due to the steady increase in life expectancy. However, reoperations are complex and require experience and skills. We report the case of a 69-year-old female with severe right heart failure who underwent tricuspid valve re-replacement 28 years after the initial tricuspid valve replacement. Cardiopulmonary...

Anomalous drainage of inferior vena cava to left atrium in association with total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage.

Drainage of the inferior vena cava directly into the left atrium is a rare but well recognised anomaly of systemic venous drainage. It has been reported in isolation and in association with other cardiac defects. We report a case of anomalous drainage of the inferior vena cava into the left atrium in association with total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage of the supracardiac type, a hitherto...

Double venous drainage through the superior vena cava in minimally invasive aortic valve replacement: a retrospective study

AIM To compare the outcomes of patients who underwent upper mini-sternotomy or right mini-thoracotomy and those who underwent full sternotomy and to report a technical improvement in venous drainage by means of double venous cannulation of the superior vena cava (SVC) in mini surgical procedures. METHODS We retrospectively analyzed the outcome of 217 patients who underwent aortic valve replac...

Supracardiac total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage with giant superior vena cava aneurysm: a rare combination.

Anomalous right superior vena cava drainage to the left atrium.

We thank Spodickfor reminding us that the word ' ' transmural" is imprecise and ambiguous . We were simply referring to our findings that infarcts characterized electrocardiographically by early ST elevation and the evolution of Q waves, which are classically called " transmural," are those infarctions also frequently associated with reciprocal change. We agree that they do not necessarily invo...