title: Unusual right-to-left shunt by single-sided bilateral inferior vena cava.
abstract: Anomalous drainage of an inferior vena cava to the left atrium is a rare congenital cardiac anomaly that might lead to significant clinical implications. This report describes a 21-year-old male with an anomalous connection between one part of a single sided double inferior vena cava and the left atrium documented with cardiac imaging, including angiography. This rare congenital disorder should be considered in the differential diagnosis in patients with cyanosis and/or a history of paradoxical embolism. Interventional catheterization was the chosen method of intervention.
authors.affiliation: Departments of Congenital Cardiology-Pediatric Cardiology, University Hospitals Leuven, Herestraat 49, Leuven, Belgium
authors.forename: Konstantinos
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lampropoulos
authors.forename: Marc
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gewillig
authors.forename: Werner
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Budts
mesh_terms: D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D002404:Catheterization / Q000295:instrumentation; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010690:Phlebography / Q000379:methods; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000503:physiopathology; D055815:Young Adult