title: Mitral valve repair in patient with absent right superior vena cava in visceroatrial situs solitus.
abstract: We report on a 74-year-old woman with an absence of right superior vena cava in visceroatrial situs solitus who underwent mitral valve plasty for severe mitral regurgitation. Preoperative three-dimensional computed tomography revealed an absent right and persistent left superior vena cava that drained into the right atrium by way of the coronary sinus. Perioperaively, placement of pulmonary artery catheter, site of venous cannulation, and management of associated rhythm abnormalities were great concern. Obtaining the information about this central venous malformation preoperatively, we performed mitral valve plasty without any difficulties related to this anomaly.
authors: Departments of Surgery, Saiseikai Yamaguchi General Hospital, 2-11 Midori-Cho, Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi 753-0078, Japan. tkobayashi@yamaguchi.saiseikai.or.jp
authors: Toshiro
authors: T
authors: Kobayashi
authors: Takeshi
authors: T
authors: Yagi
authors: Yoshikazu
authors: Y
authors: Okazaki
authors: Mitsutaka
authors: M
authors: Jinbo
authors: Satoshi
authors: S
authors: Saito
authors: Tsuyoshi
authors: T
authors: Takahashi
authors: Hidenori
authors: H
authors: Gohra
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures; D005260:Female; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000473:pathology*; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation; D006801:Humans; D008943:Mitral Valve / Q000601:surgery*; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014683:Vena Cava, Superior / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*