title: Transesophageal echocardiography in the diagnosis of the persistent left superior vena cava.
abstract: Three patients with suspected persistent left superior vena cava (PLSVC) diagnosed by transthoracic echocardiography underwent single-plane transesophageal echocardiography. In all three patients transverse cuts through right atrium and coronary sinus demonstrated the presence of PLSVC. Agitated contrast injection into the left antecubital vein opacified PLSVC and coronary sinus in all cases. Transesophageal echocardiography is superior to transthoracic echo in the diagnosis of PLSVC and associated cardiac anomalies.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiovascular Disease, Albert Einstein Medical Center, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA.
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Podolsky
authors.forename: L E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Jacobs
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schwartz
authors.forename: M N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Kotler
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ioli
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D014683:Vena Cava, Superior / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging