Isolated persistent left superior vena cava with absent right superior vena cava in two cases

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Sep 2011Publisher:Turkish Society of CardiologyJournal:Turk Kardiyoloji Dernegi Arsivi-Archives of the Turkish Society of Cardiology, volume 39, pages 501-504 (issn: 1016-5169, eissn: 1308-4488,

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Authors: Levent, Korkmaz; Ali Rıza, Akyüz; M Emre, Erkuş; Cevat, Topal;

doi: 10.5543/tkda.2011.01453

pmid: 21918323

Isolated persistent left superior vena cava with absent right superior vena cava in two cases

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Persistent left superior vena cava (LSVC) with absent right superior vena cava (RSVC) is a very rare congenital anomaly. Its isolated existence is even rarer. Persistent LSVC is usually asymptomatic and discovered incidentally. We present persistent LSVC with absent RSVC in two asymptomatic patients, namely, a 52-year-old woman and 65-year-old man. The diagnosis was confirmed by cardiac computed tomography in both cases.

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Male, Vena Cava, Superior, Vascular Malformations, Humans, Female, Middle Aged, Tomography, X-Ray Computed, Echocardiography, Transesophageal, Aged

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