title: [Persistent left superior vena cava to left atrial communication detected with radionuclide angiography: a case report].
abstract: A persistent left superior vena cava (PLSVC) is the common clinical congenital abnormality of the greater central veins. This anomaly may occur as an isolated lesion, but rarely it is significantly associated with other congenital cardiac lesions, particularly it drain into the left atrium. We recently encountered a patient in whom PLSVC to left atrial communication with atrial septal defect was diagnosed on the basis of radionuclide angiography with Tc-99m pertechnetate. Radionuclide angiography might be the noninvasive study of choice in patients suspected of having PLSVC by the clinical findings or chest roentgenography.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, Iwate Medical University.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sasaki
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Obara
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yanagisawa
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fujii
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011875:Radionuclide Angiography; D013670:Sodium Pertechnetate Tc 99m; D014684:Venae Cavae / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging
chemical_list: D013670:Sodium Pertechnetate Tc 99m