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Anomalous left atrial drainage of the right superior caval vein with partial anomalous pulmonary venous return

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 May 2017

Sherief Sulaiman  and
Rajesh G. Nair
Sherief Sulaiman*
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiology, Government Medical College, Kozhikode, Kerala, India
Rajesh G. Nair
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiology, Government Medical College, Kozhikode, Kerala, India
*
Correspondence to: S. Sulaiman, MD, Department of Cardiology, Government Medical College, 30/1277D, Dream land, Medical college PO, Calicut, Kerala 673008, India. Tel: +91 956 204 4472; E-mail: sherifmd.18@gmail.com
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Abstract

We present a case of anomalous direct connection of the right superior caval vein to the left atrium. The diagnosis was made in a 2-year-old child with unexplained cyanosis and apparently normal heart. Corrective surgery was performed, and the child recovered completely.

Keywords

Anomalous systemic venous drainageanomalous SVC drainageanomalous SVC connection to the left atriumunexplained cyanosis
Type
Images in Congenital Cardiac Disease
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 27 , Issue 6 , August 2017 , pp. 1216 - 1218
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Copyright
© Cambridge University Press 2017 

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