title: [Post aortic left innominate vein in a patient with a surgically corrected double outlet right ventricle].
abstract: We report the presence of a post aortic left innominate vein (PALIV) in a patient with a surgically corrected double outlet right ventricle. A 30-year-old male was admitted to our hospital with exertional dyspnea. The patient had undergone right ventricular outflow tract reconstruction and closure of ventricular septal defect at the age of 14. Echocardiography and cardiac catheterization showed severe pulmonary regurgitation and a residual ventricular septal shunt. After resternotomy, right ventricular outflow tract reconstruction and residual shunt closure were performed. During the operation, the left innominate vein was not found in front of the aorta. Postoperative cardiac catheterization and computed tomography showed that the left innominate vein was positioned behind the ascending aorta draining to the superior caval vein.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Iwaki Kyoritsu General Hospital, Fukushima, Japan.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Taniyasu
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Akiyama
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Takazawa
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hirata
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016121:Brachiocephalic Veins / Q000002:abnormalities*; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D004310:Double Outlet Right Ventricle / Q000601:surgery*; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011665:Pulmonary Valve Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology; D012086:Reoperation