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Anomalous drainage of the inferior caval vein to the left atrium

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 April 2005

Gabriele Sierig ,
David Vondrys  and
Ingo Daehnert
Gabriele Sierig
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Heart Centre, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
David Vondrys
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiac Surgery, Heart Centre, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
Ingo Daehnert
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Heart Centre, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
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Abstract

We report a girl, aged 11 years, who presented with cyanosis. Cardiac catheterization showed occlusion of the infrahepatic segment of the inferior caval vein, with drainage of the hepatic veins into the left atrium. Transoesophageal echocardiography revealed an anomalous Eustachian valve that baffled the vein to the left atrium. This lesion is an extremely rare cause of cyanosis.

Keywords

Interrupted inferior caval veincyanosisanomalous Eustachian valve
Type
Brief Report
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 15 , Issue 1 , January 2005 , pp. 85 - 87
Copyright
2005 Cambridge University Press

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