ISOLATED ANOMALOUS INFERIOR VENA CAVA CONNECTION TO THE LEFT ATRIUM: REPORT OF A SUCCESSFUL SURGICAL CASE AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE.
This report describes a rare case of isolated anomalous connection of the inferior vena cava to the left atrium. Patching of a surgically-created atrial septal defect and rerouting of caval drainage ino the right atrium effected a successful correction. This case brings to 18 the total number of reported cases in the literature in which the inferior vena cava was connected to the left atrium.
Richardson
James V.
JV
Division of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa.
Doty
Donald B.
DB