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. 1979 Mar;6(1):44–49.

ISOLATED ANOMALOUS INFERIOR VENA CAVA CONNECTION TO THE LEFT ATRIUM: REPORT OF A SUCCESSFUL SURGICAL CASE AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE

James V Richardson 1,*, Donald B Doty 1,**
PMCID: PMC287765  PMID: 15216024

Abstract

This report describes a rare case of isolated anomalous connection of the inferior vena cava to the left atrium. Patching of a surgically-created atrial septal defect and rerouting of caval drainage ino the right atrium effected a successful correction. This case brings to 18 the total number of reported cases in the literature in which the inferior vena cava was connected to the left atrium.

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