title: Occlusion of the left superior vena cava-coronary sinus connection in a child with Glenn dysfunction by the transcatheter approach.
abstract: A 14-year-old male patient presented with cyanosis and tiredness. The patient had undergone a Glenn procedure at age 12 following the echocardiographic determination of a double inlet left ventricle, ventriculoarterial discordance, moderate valvular-subvalvular pulmonary artery stenosis, non-restrictive inlet ventricular septal defect and right ventricle hypoplasia; his oxygen saturation was 70%. Echocardiography evaluation showed retrograde flow from the vena cava superior to the innominate vein and a left superior vena cava (LSVC) opening into the coronary sinus (CS). Here, we report the case of a patient evaluated for Glenn dysfunction in whom an increase in oxygen saturation was observed following transcatheter occlusion of the LSVC-CS connection using an Amplatzer septal occluder.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Cardiology, İstanbul Mehmet Akif Ersoy Cardiovascular Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey. saygimrt@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Saygı
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Cardiology, İstanbul Mehmet Akif Ersoy Cardiovascular Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Hasan Tahsin
authors.initials: HT
authors.lastname: Tola
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Cardiology, İstanbul Mehmet Akif Ersoy Cardiovascular Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Alper
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Güzeltaş
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Cardiology, İstanbul Mehmet Akif Ersoy Cardiovascular Training and Research Hospital, İstanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Ender
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Odemiş
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D054326:Coronary Sinus / Q000002:abnormalities*; D003490:Cyanosis / Q000209:etiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005221:Fatigue / Q000209:etiology; D018729:Fontan Procedure; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D055989:Septal Occluder Device; D014683:Vena Cava, Superior / Q000002:abnormalities*