Persistent Left Superior Vena Cava, Connected to the Left Atrium via the Left Superior Pulmonary Vein. An Unusual Cause of Air Lock

The intraoperative diagnosis of a persistent left superior vena cava (LSVC) that drains into the left atrium (LA) via the left superior pulmonary vein may be difficult because of its extrapericardial pathway. We report here the case of a 48-year-old man, operated for a mitro-aortic endocarditis comp...

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Autores principales: Boukhmis, Abdelkader, Nouar, Mohamed El Amine
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Saudi Heart Association 2022
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9467459/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36158113
http://dx.doi.org/10.37616/2212-5043.1312
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description The intraoperative diagnosis of a persistent left superior vena cava (LSVC) that drains into the left atrium (LA) via the left superior pulmonary vein may be difficult because of its extrapericardial pathway. We report here the case of a 48-year-old man, operated for a mitro-aortic endocarditis complicating a Laubry-Pezzi syndrome. The opening of the LA was followed immediately by a sudden air lock. It was only after opening of the left pleura that we were able to find and then ligate the LSVC. The patient underwent mitral valve repair, closure of the infundibular septal defect and aortic valve replacement.
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spelling pubmed-94674592022-09-23 Persistent Left Superior Vena Cava, Connected to the Left Atrium via the Left Superior Pulmonary Vein. An Unusual Cause of Air Lock Boukhmis, Abdelkader Nouar, Mohamed El Amine J Saudi Heart Assoc Case Report The intraoperative diagnosis of a persistent left superior vena cava (LSVC) that drains into the left atrium (LA) via the left superior pulmonary vein may be difficult because of its extrapericardial pathway. We report here the case of a 48-year-old man, operated for a mitro-aortic endocarditis complicating a Laubry-Pezzi syndrome. The opening of the LA was followed immediately by a sudden air lock. It was only after opening of the left pleura that we were able to find and then ligate the LSVC. The patient underwent mitral valve repair, closure of the infundibular septal defect and aortic valve replacement. Saudi Heart Association 2022-09-07 /pmc/articles/PMC9467459/ /pubmed/36158113 http://dx.doi.org/10.37616/2212-5043.1312 Text en © 2022 Saudi Heart Association https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC-BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) ).
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Persistent Left Superior Vena Cava, Connected to the Left Atrium via the Left Superior Pulmonary Vein. An Unusual Cause of Air Lock
title Persistent Left Superior Vena Cava, Connected to the Left Atrium via the Left Superior Pulmonary Vein. An Unusual Cause of Air Lock
title_full Persistent Left Superior Vena Cava, Connected to the Left Atrium via the Left Superior Pulmonary Vein. An Unusual Cause of Air Lock
title_fullStr Persistent Left Superior Vena Cava, Connected to the Left Atrium via the Left Superior Pulmonary Vein. An Unusual Cause of Air Lock
title_full_unstemmed Persistent Left Superior Vena Cava, Connected to the Left Atrium via the Left Superior Pulmonary Vein. An Unusual Cause of Air Lock
title_short Persistent Left Superior Vena Cava, Connected to the Left Atrium via the Left Superior Pulmonary Vein. An Unusual Cause of Air Lock
title_sort persistent left superior vena cava, connected to the left atrium via the left superior pulmonary vein. an unusual cause of air lock
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9467459/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36158113
http://dx.doi.org/10.37616/2212-5043.1312
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