Long survival with inferior vena cava draining into left atrium.

نویسندگان

  • D L GARDNER
  • L COLE
چکیده

Developmental anomalies of the inferior vena cava are not infrequent. The majority cause no circulatory disturbance, but a small number result in veno-arterial communications that allow only a short period of postnatal life (Taussig, 1947). Clinical and anatomical details are given below of an unusual case in which termination of the inferior vena cava in the left atrium was the only congenital abnormality affecting the circulation. Cyanosis was constantly present, there were few signs of heart disease and the patient lived actively for 32 years. The available details of her history, the physical signs, and the investigations performed are sufficient to assist in the recognition of future cases and are therefore described fully. We were unable to find previous records ofa similar case or of an identical anatomical defect.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • British heart journal

دوره 17 1  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1955