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Pictorial Essay: Understanding of Persistent Left Superior Vena Cava and Its Differential Diagnosis
Persistent left superior vena cava (PLSVC) is a rare congenital, thoracic, and vascular anomaly. Although PLSVCs generally do not have a hemodynamic effect, several types of PLSVC and some cardiac anomalies may manifest with clinical symptoms. The presence of PLSVC can render catheterization via lef...
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description | Persistent left superior vena cava (PLSVC) is a rare congenital, thoracic, and vascular anomaly. Although PLSVCs generally do not have a hemodynamic effect, several types of PLSVC and some cardiac anomalies may manifest with clinical symptoms. The presence of PLSVC can render catheterization via left subclavian access difficult when placing a pacemaker or central venous catheter. As such, recognizing a PLSVC that is typically incidentally discovered can prevent complications such as vascular injury. Differentiating vessels found in a similar location as PLSVC is necessary when performing thoracic vascular procedures. This pictorial essay explains the multi-detector CT findings of a PLSVC, and provides a summary of other blood vessels that require differentiation during thoracic vascular procedures. |
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spelling | pubmed-95145842022-10-12 Pictorial Essay: Understanding of Persistent Left Superior Vena Cava and Its Differential Diagnosis J Korean Soc Radiol Cardiac Imaging Persistent left superior vena cava (PLSVC) is a rare congenital, thoracic, and vascular anomaly. Although PLSVCs generally do not have a hemodynamic effect, several types of PLSVC and some cardiac anomalies may manifest with clinical symptoms. The presence of PLSVC can render catheterization via left subclavian access difficult when placing a pacemaker or central venous catheter. As such, recognizing a PLSVC that is typically incidentally discovered can prevent complications such as vascular injury. Differentiating vessels found in a similar location as PLSVC is necessary when performing thoracic vascular procedures. This pictorial essay explains the multi-detector CT findings of a PLSVC, and provides a summary of other blood vessels that require differentiation during thoracic vascular procedures. The Korean Society of Radiology 2022-07 2022-06-22 /pmc/articles/PMC9514584/ /pubmed/36238921 http://dx.doi.org/10.3348/jksr.2021.0192 Text en Copyrights © 2022 The Korean Society of Radiology https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) ) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Cardiac Imaging Pictorial Essay: Understanding of Persistent Left Superior Vena Cava and Its Differential Diagnosis |
title | Pictorial Essay: Understanding of Persistent Left Superior Vena Cava and Its Differential Diagnosis |
title_full | Pictorial Essay: Understanding of Persistent Left Superior Vena Cava and Its Differential Diagnosis |
title_fullStr | Pictorial Essay: Understanding of Persistent Left Superior Vena Cava and Its Differential Diagnosis |
title_full_unstemmed | Pictorial Essay: Understanding of Persistent Left Superior Vena Cava and Its Differential Diagnosis |
title_short | Pictorial Essay: Understanding of Persistent Left Superior Vena Cava and Its Differential Diagnosis |
title_sort | pictorial essay: understanding of persistent left superior vena cava and its differential diagnosis |
topic | Cardiac Imaging |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9514584/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36238921 http://dx.doi.org/10.3348/jksr.2021.0192 |
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