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Left superior vena cava: a vascular abnormality discovered following pulmonary artery catheterization. 1996

B Menéndez, and S García del Valle, and R C Marcos, and J Azofra, and J Gomez-Arnau
Anaesthesiology Department, Clínica Puerta de Hierro, San Martín de Porres, Madrid, Spain.

OBJECTIVE This report deals with the case of a patient who presented persistence of left superior vena cava (LSVC). This disorder was discovered following placement of a catheter in pulmonary artery via the left subclavian vein. METHODS The patient was a 67-yr-old woman who, while in the intensive care unit after undergoing coronary revascularization with extracorporeal circulation, required pulmonary artery catheterization to guide resuscitation. Placement of the catheter proved to be difficult as the advance of the catheter was impeded. A normal pulmonary artery pressure wave was eventually detected at a distance of approximately 70 cm. Chest x-ray showed a catheter route suggestive of persistent LSVC. CONCLUSIONS A diagnosis of persistent LSVC should be considered whenever there appears to be some obstacle to central venous or pulmonary artery catheterization, especially in patients with congenital heart disease, since this disorder can have important clinical consequences.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D011669 Pulmonary Wedge Pressure The blood pressure as recorded after wedging a CATHETER in a small PULMONARY ARTERY; believed to reflect the PRESSURE in the pulmonary CAPILLARIES. Pulmonary Artery Wedge Pressure,Pulmonary Capillary Wedge Pressure,Pulmonary Venous Wedge Pressure,Wedge Pressure,Pressure, Pulmonary Wedge,Pressures, Pulmonary Wedge,Pulmonary Wedge Pressures,Wedge Pressure, Pulmonary,Wedge Pressures, Pulmonary,Pressure, Wedge,Pressures, Wedge,Wedge Pressures
D012151 Resuscitation The restoration to life or consciousness of one apparently dead. (Dorland, 27th ed) Resuscitations
D002405 Catheterization, Central Venous Placement of an intravenous CATHETER in the subclavian, jugular, or other central vein. Central Venous Catheterization,Venous Catheterization, Central,Catheterization, Central,Central Catheterization,Catheterizations, Central,Catheterizations, Central Venous,Central Catheterizations,Central Venous Catheterizations,Venous Catheterizations, Central
D002407 Catheterization, Swan-Ganz Placement of a balloon-tipped catheter into the pulmonary artery through the antecubital, subclavian, and sometimes the femoral vein. It is used to measure pulmonary artery pressure and pulmonary artery wedge pressure which reflects left atrial pressure and left ventricular end-diastolic pressure. The catheter is threaded into the right atrium, the balloon is inflated and the catheter follows the blood flow through the tricuspid valve into the right ventricle and out into the pulmonary artery. Catheterization, Pulmonary Artery,Swan-Ganz Catheterization,Pulmonary Artery Catheterization,Artery Catheterization, Pulmonary,Artery Catheterizations, Pulmonary,Catheterization, Swan Ganz,Catheterizations, Pulmonary Artery,Pulmonary Artery Catheterizations,Swan Ganz Catheterization
D003422 Critical Care Health care provided to a critically ill patient during a medical emergency or crisis. Intensive Care,Intensive Care, Surgical,Surgical Intensive Care,Care, Critical,Care, Intensive,Care, Surgical Intensive
D005112 Extracorporeal Circulation Diversion of blood flow through a circuit located outside the body but continuous with the bodily circulation. Circulation, Extracorporeal,Circulations, Extracorporeal,Extracorporeal Circulations
D005260 Female Females
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000368 Aged A person 65 years of age or older. For a person older than 79 years, AGED, 80 AND OVER is available. Elderly
D001026 Coronary Artery Bypass Surgical therapy of ischemic coronary artery disease achieved by grafting a section of saphenous vein, internal mammary artery, or other substitute between the aorta and the obstructed coronary artery distal to the obstructive lesion. Aortocoronary Bypass,Bypass, Coronary Artery,Bypass Surgery, Coronary Artery,Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting,Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery,Aortocoronary Bypasses,Artery Bypass, Coronary,Artery Bypasses, Coronary,Bypass, Aortocoronary,Bypasses, Aortocoronary,Bypasses, Coronary Artery,Coronary Artery Bypasses

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