title: [A pitfall of transseptal catheterisation for percutaneous mitral commissurotomy: interruption of the inferior vena cava with azygos continuation].
abstract: Transseptal catheterisation is a widely used technique in interventional cardiology. The authors report the case of a 37 year old woman admitted for percutaneous mitral commissurotomy of a symptomatic rheumatic mitral stenosis in whom transseptal catheterisation was impossible because of a rare congenital anomaly: interruption of the inferior vena cava with azygos vein continuation.
authors.affiliation: Département de cardiologie, Hôpital Bichat-Claude-Bernard, AP-HP, 46, rue Henri-Huchard, 75018 Paris.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Attias
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Himbert
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Redheuil
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Brochet
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mousseaux
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Blanc
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lung
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Vahanian
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001401:Azygos Vein / Q000473:pathology*; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000628:therapy*; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic