[A pitfall of transseptal catheterisation for percutaneous mitral commissurotomy: interruption of the inferior vena cava with azygos continuation].
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.
Attias
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Département de cardiologie, Hôpital Bichat-Claude-Bernard, AP-HP, 46, rue Henri-Huchard, 75018 Paris.
Himbert
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D
Redheuil
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A
Brochet
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E
Mousseaux
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E
Blanc
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J
Lung
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B
Vahanian
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A
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