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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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Formato: Online Artículo Texto
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Publicado: The Korean Society of Radiology 2022
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Acceso en línea: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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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.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9514584/
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