title: [A case of unroofed coronary sinus with persistent left superior vena cava].
abstract: A 44-year-old female with left to right shunt and persistent left superior vena cava (PLSVC) suspected of unroofed coronary sinus defect with patent right SVC and innominate vein was treated surgically. PLSVC was ligated and coronary sinus ostium was closed with a EPTFE patch. Roof defect of coronary sinus was left open and allowed the coronary venous blood to drain into the left atrium. Patient recovered well and post-operative cardiac catheterization revealed no significant right to left shunt nor desaturation of arterial blood. In the correction of unroofed coronary sinus defect and PLSVC and no other intra-cardiac defect, ligation of PLSVC and closure of coronary sinus ostium was simple and effective, although it was not anatomically corrected.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Dokkyo University Koshigaya Hospital, Saitama, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nakahara
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Oshima
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tanabe
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Irie
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sano
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Katayama
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nagasawa
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kiyama
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Murai
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D014683:Vena Cava, Superior / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery