title: Congenitally palliated scimitar syndrome.
abstract: We present a rare case of scimitar syndrome in which the scimitar vessel, collecting all the right pulmonary veins, was stenotic at its junction, with the inferior caval vein and two anomalous vessels, connecting to the same venous collector, draining most of the flow to the left atrium. We arbitrarily defined this rare anatomical variant as a congenitally palliated scimitar syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Fondazione G. Monasterio CNR-Regione Toscana,Massa,Italy.
authors.forename: Massimiliano
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cantinotti
authors.affiliation: Fondazione G. Monasterio CNR-Regione Toscana,Massa,Italy.
authors.forename: Raffaele
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Giordano
authors.affiliation: Fondazione G. Monasterio CNR-Regione Toscana,Massa,Italy.
authors.forename: Isabella
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Spadoni
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D004452:Echocardiography; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000002:abnormalities*; D006801:Humans; D018810:Magnetic Resonance Angiography; D008297:Male; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000002:abnormalities*; D012587:Scimitar Syndrome / Q000601:surgery*; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000002:abnormalities*
keywords: CHD; Scimitar syndrome; paediatric cardiac surgery