A 2-year-10-month-old boy was diagnosed with a complex congenital heart disease: right atrial isomerism, left superior vena cava (LSVC), complete atrioventricular septal defect, secundum type atrial septal defect, transposition of the great arteries with pulmonary atresia, patent ductus arteriosus, absence of a right superior vena cava (RSVC), and dextrocardia. He had received a left Blalock-Ta...

Introduction Persistent left superior vena cava (LSVC) is a rare syndrome occurring in ca. 0.3% of the population without congenital heart defects. Most frequently this syndrome has no symptoms and is discovered incidentally during the autopsy or pacemaker or cardioverter-defibrillator implantation trials [1–3]. Ninety-two percent of cases show that the persistent left superior vena cava passes...

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...

Background: Congenital hypothyroidism (CH), as one of the most common congenital endocrine disorders, may be significantly associated with congenital malformations. This study investigates urogenital abnormalities in children with primary CH (PCH). Methods: This case-control study was conducted on 200 children aged three months to 1 year, referred to Amir-Kabir Hospital, Arak, Iran. One hund...

Aim: The aim of the study was to describe Doppler ultrasonography and computed tomography findings that should be considered in diagnosis treatment congenital portosystemic shunts.Methods: Archive retrospectively scanned. In consideration shunts: communication type aneurysm were defined. Additional imaging modalities utilized.Results: 11 patients included study. ages ranged from 0 158 months. T...

INTRODUCTION Persistent left superior vena cava (PLSVC) is a rare congenital anomaly of the superior venous system that may be discovered at the time of cardiac implantable electronic device (CIED) implantation. METHODS AND RESULTS We present a subject who needed cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT)-CIED implantation and was discovered to have PLSVC with absent innominate vein during the i...

A 26 year old man who presented with the first signs of right heart failure was found to have a large congenital aneurysm of the aortic sinus of Valsalva and of the left coronary sinus. These were combined with left heart anomalies in the form of a bicuspid aortic valve, a rare variant of a persistent left superior vena cava with blood flow from the left atrium through the brachiocephalic vein ...

Address for Correspondence: Dr. Zhou Yaw Loo, Department of Surgery, Box Hill Hospital, Nelson Road, Melbourne, VIC 3128, Australia. Phone: +614 3033 5733. E-Mail: [email protected] Access this Article online Quick Response code Web site: *1 MBChB, PG Dip Surg Anat, 2 B Med Sci, MBBS, PG Dip Surg Anat. 1 & 2 Department of Anatomy and Neuroscience, University of Melbourne, Grattan Street, Pa...

Scimitar syndrome is a rare and complex congenital anomaly characterized by partial or complete anomalous pulmonary venous return from the right or left lung into the inferior vena cava, through drainage into the hepatic vein, right atrium or left atrium. The syndrome is commonly associated with hypoplasia of the right lung and right pulmonary artery. We present an 11-year-old female with atypi...