title: Persistent left superior vena cava and partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection: incidental diagnosis by transesophageal echocardiography during coronary artery bypass surgery.
abstract: Transesophageal echocardiography plays an important role in the intraoperative treatment of the heart surgery patient. Its utility in the description of both known and unexpected cardiac pathology is well established. We describe a patient with a previously undiagnosed partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection along with a persistent left superior vena cava scheduled for routine coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG).
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Duke Heart Center, Durham, NC, USA.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Garduno
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Chew
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Forbess
authors.forename: P K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: H P
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Grocott
mesh_terms: D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007432:Intraoperative Period; D008875:Middle Aged; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014683:Vena Cava, Superior / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging