title: [Surgical treatment in an infant with atrial septal defect and persistent left superior vena cava draining into the coronary sinus; report of a case].
abstract: A 8-month-old boy with ostium secundum atrial septal defect and persistent left superior vena cava draining into the coronary sinus underwent surgical treatment because he had required long-term ventilator support due to congestive heart failure and respiratory distress. The left superior vena cava and dilated coronary sinus produce a ridge in the left atrium, causing a subdivided left atrium. In this case, the early symptom could be explained by an obligatory left to right shunt at the level of the left atrium resulting from a ridge produced by the left superior vena cava and the colonary sinus, as a subdivided left atrium.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Ibaraki Children's Hospital, Mito, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Aikawa
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Abe
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yoshimura
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Isobe
mesh_terms: D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods; D003330:Coronary Vessel Anomalies / Q000601:surgery*; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D014683:Vena Cava, Superior / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery