Right superior vena cava draining into the left atrium in a patient with sinus venosus defect

Meletios Kanakis; Thomas Martens; Cleo Laskari; Theofili Kousi; Afroditi Karafotia; Dimitrios Bobos; Nicholas Giannopoulos

doi:10.1111/jocs.14968

Right superior vena cava draining into the left atrium in a patient with sinus venosus defect

J Card Surg. 2020 Nov;35(11):3224-3226. doi: 10.1111/jocs.14968. Epub 2020 Aug 21.

Authors

Meletios Kanakis¹, Thomas Martens², Cleo Laskari³, Theofili Kousi⁴, Afroditi Karafotia⁴, Dimitrios Bobos¹, Nicholas Giannopoulos¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Athens, Greece.
² Department of Cardiac Surgery, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.
³ Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Athens, Greece.
⁴ Department of Anesthesiology, Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center, Athens, Greece.

PMID: 32827188
DOI: 10.1111/jocs.14968

Abstract

Right superior vena cava draining into the left atrium is an extremely rare anomaly of systemic venous return. It can be isolated or it can be associated with other congenital heart defects, thus clinical presentation may vary. A case of a 9-year-old asymptomatic patient with sinus venous defect and bilateral superior vena cava with the right-sided draining into the left atrium is described.

Keywords: cardiac anatomy; congenital heart disease; sinus venosus defect.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Asymptomatic Diseases
Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation / methods*
Cardiovascular Surgical Procedures / methods*
Foramen Ovale, Patent / surgery
Heart Atria / abnormalities*
Heart Atria / surgery*
Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / surgery*
Humans
Male
Treatment Outcome
Vascular Malformations / surgery*
Vena Cava, Superior / abnormalities*
Vena Cava, Superior / surgery*

Supplementary concepts

Atrial Septal Defect Sinus Venosus