Congenitally palliated scimitar syndrome

Cardiol Young. 2015 Aug;25(6):1218-20. doi: 10.1017/S1047951114001826. Epub 2014 Oct 24.

Abstract

We present a rare case of scimitar syndrome in which the scimitar vessel, collecting all the right pulmonary veins, was stenotic at its junction, with the inferior caval vein and two anomalous vessels, connecting to the same venous collector, draining most of the flow to the left atrium. We arbitrarily defined this rare anatomical variant as a congenitally palliated scimitar syndrome.

Keywords: CHD; Scimitar syndrome; paediatric cardiac surgery.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Cardiac Catheterization
  • Echocardiography
  • Heart Atria / abnormalities*
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Angiography
  • Male
  • Pulmonary Veins / abnormalities*
  • Scimitar Syndrome / surgery*
  • Vena Cava, Inferior / abnormalities*