title: Scimitar vein anomaly with total right-side pulmonary vein return to inferior vena cava concomitant with atresia of upper right-side pulmonary vein and secundum atrial septal defect.
abstract: Scimitar vein is the partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection usually draining lower pulmonary lobe to the inferior vena cava or right atrium. We present a scimitar vein anomaly in a 34-year-old woman with the uncommon association of a secundum type of atrial septal defect and atretic right upper pulmonary vein. She presented with increasing dyspnea for 2 months, however, she was asymptomatic in the past 10 years despite the presence of atrial septal defect. We describe its diagnostic and surgical approach.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Tehran Heart Center, Medical Sciences/University of Tehran, North Kargar Street, Tehran, Iran. namvarmovahedi2007@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Movahedi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Namvar
authors.forename: Arezou
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zoroufian
authors.forename: Shapour
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shirani
authors.forename: Abbas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: SalehiOmran
authors.forename: Gholamreza
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Davoodi
authors.forename: Parin
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Yazdanifard
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000175:diagnosis*; D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018633:Pulmonary Atresia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D011859:Radiography; D014463:Ultrasonography; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging