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Anomalous drainage of the right superior vena cava into the left atrium as an isolated anomaly. Rare case report. 1979

J Váquez-Pérez, and P Frontera-Izquierdo

A case of cyanotic congenital heart disease with left ventricular hypertrophy is described. Cardiac catheterization showed a right superior vena cava draining into the left atrium without other cardiovascular abnormality. This is the fifth case of this rare congenital anomaly described in the literature and the first one reported in a male. The patient was 7-months-old when diagnosed. Despite the important right-to-left shunt, after a follow-up of 2 years, growth and development are normal.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007223	Infant	A child between 1 and 23 months of age.	Infants
D008297	Male		Males
D005500	Follow-Up Studies	Studies in which individuals or populations are followed to assess the outcome of exposures, procedures, or effects of a characteristic, e.g., occurrence of disease.	Followup Studies,Follow Up Studies,Follow-Up Study,Followup Study,Studies, Follow-Up,Studies, Followup,Study, Follow-Up,Study, Followup
D006325	Heart Atria	The chambers of the heart, to which the BLOOD returns from the circulation.	Heart Atrium,Left Atrium,Right Atrium,Atria, Heart,Atrium, Heart,Atrium, Left,Atrium, Right
D006328	Cardiac Catheterization	Procedures in which placement of CARDIAC CATHETERS is performed for therapeutic or diagnostic procedures.	Catheterization, Cardiac,Catheterization, Heart,Heart Catheterization,Cardiac Catheterizations,Catheterizations, Cardiac,Catheterizations, Heart,Heart Catheterizations
D006330	Heart Defects, Congenital	Developmental abnormalities involving structures of the heart. These defects are present at birth but may be discovered later in life.	Congenital Heart Disease,Heart Abnormalities,Abnormality, Heart,Congenital Heart Defect,Congenital Heart Defects,Defects, Congenital Heart,Heart Defect, Congenital,Heart, Malformation Of,Congenital Heart Diseases,Defect, Congenital Heart,Disease, Congenital Heart,Heart Abnormality,Heart Disease, Congenital,Malformation Of Heart,Malformation Of Hearts
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000790	Angiocardiography	Radiography of the heart and great vessels after injection of a contrast medium.	Angiocardiographies
D014683	Vena Cava, Superior	The venous trunk which returns blood from the head, neck, upper extremities and chest.	Superior Vena Cava,Superior Vena Cavas,Vena Cavas, Superior