Double inferior vena cava.
Venous anomalies involving the inferior vena cava are very rare. The case of a 74-year-old man with coronary artery disease is presented. Interestingly, a double inferior vena cava was incidentally discovered during coronary artery bypass grafting. Persistence of the left hepatic segment vein appeared as a left inferior vena cava-a very rare condition.
Department of Thoracic, Cardiac, and Vascular Surgery, University of Goettingen, Goettingen, Germany. theodor.tirilomis@med.uni-goettingen.de
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D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000601:surgery*