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Levoatriocardinal vein in D-transposition of the great arteries

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 May 2016

Shreya Moodley ,
Walter Duncan  and
Sanjiv Gandhi
Shreya Moodley*
Affiliation:
Division of Pediatric Cardiology, British Columbia Children’s Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Walter Duncan
Affiliation:
Division of Pediatric Cardiology, British Columbia Children’s Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Sanjiv Gandhi
Affiliation:
Division of Pediatric Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, British Columbia Children’s Hospital, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
*
Correspondence to: S. Moodley, MD, Room 1F6, British Columbia Children’s Hospital, University of British Columbia, 4480 Oak Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6H 3V4. Tel: +1 604 875 2000, ext 2295; Fax: +1 604 875 3463; E-mail: smoodley@cw.bc.ca
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Abstract

The levoatriocardinal vein is the embryological remnant of the connection between the pulmonary and systemic venous systems. It is a rare lesion that usually occurs in the presence of left-sided obstruction, developing as a pathway for decompression of the pulmonary veins. We report the first case of a levoatriocardinal vein in a patient with D-transposition of the great arteries.

Keywords

Transposition of the great arterieslevoatriocardinal veinembryology
Type
Brief Reports
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Cardiology in the Young , Volume 26 , Issue 6 , August 2016 , pp. 1235 - 1237
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© Cambridge University Press 2016 

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