The importance of localizing pulmonary veins in atrial septal defect closure!

The importance of localizing pulmonary veins in atrial septal defect closure!

<p>Abstract</p> <p>An 8-year-old girl was admitted for a simple closure of echocardiographically diagnosed Atrial Septal Defect (ASD). During the operation the right pulmonary veins orifices were not detected in the left atrium and attempt to localize them led to the discovery of t...

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Main Authors: Ajami Gholam, Karimi Ashkan, Amirghofran Ahmad, Rasekhi Alireza
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-03-01
Series:Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Online Access:http://www.cardiothoracicsurgery.org/content/6/1/41
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spelling doaj-9ab909aa883c43b3ac69e3c988232cf32020-11-24T21:00:31ZengBMCJournal of Cardiothoracic Surgery1749-80902011-03-01614110.1186/1749-8090-6-41The importance of localizing pulmonary veins in atrial septal defect closure!Ajami GholamKarimi AshkanAmirghofran AhmadRasekhi Alireza<p>Abstract</p> <p>An 8-year-old girl was admitted for a simple closure of echocardiographically diagnosed Atrial Septal Defect (ASD). During the operation the right pulmonary veins orifices were not detected in the left atrium and attempt to localize them led to the discovery of three additional anomalies, namely Interrupted Inferior Vena Cava (IIVC), Scimitar syndrome, and systemic arterial supply of the lung. Postoperatively these finding were confirmed by CT angiography. This case report emphasizes the need for adequate preoperative diagnosis and presents a very rare constellation of four congenital anomalies that to the best of our knowledge is not reported before.</p> http://www.cardiothoracicsurgery.org/content/6/1/41
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The importance of localizing pulmonary veins in atrial septal defect closure!
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title The importance of localizing pulmonary veins in atrial septal defect closure!
title_short The importance of localizing pulmonary veins in atrial septal defect closure!
title_full The importance of localizing pulmonary veins in atrial septal defect closure!
title_fullStr The importance of localizing pulmonary veins in atrial septal defect closure!
title_full_unstemmed The importance of localizing pulmonary veins in atrial septal defect closure!
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series Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
issn 1749-8090
publishDate 2011-03-01
description <p>Abstract</p> <p>An 8-year-old girl was admitted for a simple closure of echocardiographically diagnosed Atrial Septal Defect (ASD). During the operation the right pulmonary veins orifices were not detected in the left atrium and attempt to localize them led to the discovery of three additional anomalies, namely Interrupted Inferior Vena Cava (IIVC), Scimitar syndrome, and systemic arterial supply of the lung. Postoperatively these finding were confirmed by CT angiography. This case report emphasizes the need for adequate preoperative diagnosis and presents a very rare constellation of four congenital anomalies that to the best of our knowledge is not reported before.</p>
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