title: Operative technique for persistent left superior vena cava draining into the left atrium.
abstract: We applied a surgical method with an inverted flap of the left atrial appendage to construct an internal conduit in a 4-year-old girl with a persistent left superior vena cava draining into the left atrium associated with an atrial septal defect. The remaining defect of the septum was closed with autologous pericardium. The short-term result is satisfactory, although the long-term result remains to be ascertained.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Wakayama Medical College, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Komai
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Naito
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fujiwara
mesh_terms: D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000601:surgery; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D014683:Vena Cava, Superior / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery*