Surgical management of tricuspid atresia and anomalous left brachiocephalic vein.
An anomalous left brachiocephalic vein is an uncommon systemic venous anomaly, which usually has no clinical significance. We describe a case of tricuspid atresia with such an anomalous left brachiocephalic vein. The presence of this unusual venous anomaly had a number of implications in the surgical management of the tricuspid atresia.
Koutlas
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Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. tkoutlas@brody.med.ecu.edu
Wernovsky
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Slack
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Weinberg
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Spray
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D000714:Anastomosis, Surgical; D001011:Aorta / Q000601:surgery; D016121:Brachiocephalic Veins / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D018729:Fontan Procedure; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011651:Pulmonary Artery / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000473:pathology; D018785:Tricuspid Atresia / Q000601:surgery*; D014683:Vena Cava, Superior / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery