A Case Report about Persistent Left Superior Vena Cava: Is it Always Asymptomatic?  

作　　者：Özge Çetinarslan Arda Payas Ibrahim Taskin Rakici Özge Çetinarslan;Arda Payas;Ibrahim Taskin Rakici(Private Incirli Ethica Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey)

机构地区：[1]Private Incirli Ethica Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

出　　处：《World Journal of Cardiovascular Diseases》2021年第1期52-57,共6页心血管病（英文）

摘　　要：<div style="text-align:justify;"> A persistent left superior vena cava (PLSVC) is a rare malformation which affects approximately 0.3<span>% </span><span>-</span><span> </span><span>0.5% of the population and it is presented along with a right-sided superior vena cava in 82.2% of the cases reported</span><span minion="" pro="" capt","serif";color:#943634;"="" style=""> </span><span minion="" pro="" capt","serif";color:#943634;background:yellow;"=""></span><span>[<a href="#ref1">1</a>]</span><span color:#943634;background:yellow;"=""></span><span minion="" pro="" capt","serif";color:#943634;background:yellow;"=""></span><span>.</span><span "=""><span> Clinicians diagnose it incidentally by difficulties with pacemaker implantation, central venous catheterization or screening for another etiologies when it is not accompanied by other anomalies it is typically asymptomatic. W. Schummer </span><i><span>et al.</span></i><span> described the embryogenesis and the anatomic variations of persistent LSVC according to the positioning of a central venous catheter on the chest radiograph: type I, normal;type II, only PLSVC;type IIIa, right and left superior vena cava with connection;type IIIb, right and left superior vena cava without connection</span></span><span> </span><span>[<a href="#ref2">2</a>]</span><span>. </span><span "=""><span>In 92% of individuals with PLSVC, the PLSVC drains into a dilated coronary sinus (CS) and rest 8% drain directly into the left atrium. PLSVC is caused by a failure in the closure of the left anterior cardinal vein during embryogenic development</span></span><span minion="" pro="" capt","serif";color:#943634;"=""><span> </span><span style="background:yellow;"></span></span><span color:#943634;"=""><span>[<a href="#ref3">3</a>]</span><span style="background:yellow;"></span></span><span minion="" pro="" capt","serif";color:#943634;background:yellow;"=""></span><span>. </span><span>The coronary sinus (CS) is a vein that transmits venous blood to the right atrium though atrioventricular groove<div style="text-align:justify;"> A persistent left superior vena cava (PLSVC) is a rare malformation which affects approximately 0.3<span>% </span><span>-</span><span> </span><span>0.5% of the population and it is presented along with a right-sided superior vena cava in 82.2% of the cases reported</span><span minion="" pro="" capt","serif";color:#943634;"="" style=""> </span><span minion="" pro="" capt","serif";color:#943634;background:yellow;"=""></span><span>[<a href="#ref1">1</a>]</span><span color:#943634;background:yellow;"=""></span><span minion="" pro="" capt","serif";color:#943634;background:yellow;"=""></span><span>.</span><span "=""><span> Clinicians diagnose it incidentally by difficulties with pacemaker implantation, central venous catheterization or screening for another etiologies when it is not accompanied by other anomalies it is typically asymptomatic. W. Schummer </span><i><span>et al.</span></i><span> described the embryogenesis and the anatomic variations of persistent LSVC according to the positioning of a central venous catheter on the chest radiograph: type I, normal;type II, only PLSVC;type IIIa, right and left superior vena cava with connection;type IIIb, right and left superior vena cava without connection</span></span><span> </span><span>[<a href="#ref2">2</a>]</span><span>. </span><span "=""><span>In 92% of individuals with PLSVC, the PLSVC drains into a dilated coronary sinus (CS) and rest 8% drain directly into the left atrium. PLSVC is caused by a failure in the closure of the left anterior cardinal vein during embryogenic development</span></span><span minion="" pro="" capt","serif";color:#943634;"=""><span> </span><span style="background:yellow;"></span></span><span color:#943634;"=""><span>[<a href="#ref3">3</a>]</span><span style="background:yellow;"></span></span><span minion="" pro="" capt","serif";color:#943634;background:yellow;"=""></span><span>. </span><span>The coronary sinus (CS) is a vein that transmits venous blood to the right atrium though atrioventricular groove

关 键 词：Case Report Persistent Left Superior Vena Cava (PLSVC) Congenital Heart Disease COVID-19 Cardiac Imaging 

分 类 号：O17[理学—数学]