title: Isolated left superior vena cava to the left atrium with situs solitus and dextrocardia: extracardiac repair facilitated by juxtaposition of the atrial appendages.
abstract: We describe an extremely unusual case, with isolated left superior vena cava to the left atrium, normal intracardiac anatomy, and left juxtaposition of the atrial appendages. Surgical repair was performed without cardiopulmonary bypass by anastomosing the left superior cava to the superior aspect of the right atrial appendage, and was facilitated by the ectopic location of the appendage.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, USA.
authors.forename: D B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: McElhinney
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Mishaly
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Moore
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Brook
authors.forename: V M
authors.initials: VM
authors.lastname: Reddy
authors.forename: F L
authors.initials: FL
authors.lastname: Hanley
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000601:surgery; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D003914:Dextrocardia; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000601:surgery*; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D014683:Vena Cava, Superior / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery*