title: Rerouting anomalous hepatic venous connection to the left atrium.
abstract: Total hepatic venous drainage into the left atrium is an extremely uncommon abnormality. We present a patient in whom the hepatic veins drained into the left atrium in the absence of other intracardiac or extracardiac anomalies. Surgical correction of the anomalous hepatic venous connection was performed by suturing the hepatic veins to the right atrium.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, St. Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands. geoffrey_kloppenburg@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Geoffrey T L
authors.initials: GT
authors.lastname: Kloppenburg
authors.forename: Marco C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Post
authors.forename: Hans-Jurgen J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Mager
authors.forename: Marc A A M
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Schepens
mesh_terms: D000015:Abnormalities, Multiple / Q000601:surgery*; D000328:Adult; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery*; D006503:Hepatic Veins / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male