title: Anomalous drainage of the inferior vena cava into a left atrial connection: a case report involving a 41-year-old man.
abstract: A 41-year-old man had an anomalous inferior vena cava directly connected to the left atrium demonstrated by contrast echocardiography, magnetic resonance imaging, angiography, and at operation. The anomaly is due to developmental failure of the right sinus venosus valve, septum secundum, and dorsal portion of the atrial septum.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha 68105.
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Meyers
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Latson
authors.forename: B M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: McManus
authors.forename: W H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Fleming
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000002:abnormalities; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000002:abnormalities*