Scimitar syndrome: MR assessment of hemodynamic significance

J Comput Assist Tomogr. 1997 Jul-Aug;21(4):628-30. doi: 10.1097/00004728-199707000-00020.

Abstract

We report a case of anomalous pulmonary venous drainage into the inferior vena cava (scimitar syndrome) in which the hemodynamic significance was noninvasively assessed by means of velocity-encoded cine MR. Left-to-right shunt was calculated from direct blood flow measurements performed in the ascending aorta, main pulmonary artery, and aberrant pulmonary vein.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Female
  • Hemodynamics
  • Humans
  • Lung / diagnostic imaging
  • Lung / pathology
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine*
  • Pulmonary Veins / diagnostic imaging
  • Pulmonary Veins / pathology
  • Pulmonary Veins / physiopathology
  • Scimitar Syndrome / diagnosis*
  • Scimitar Syndrome / physiopathology
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed