title: Levoatriocardinal Vein and Mimics: Spectrum of Imaging Findings.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This article focuses on the embryology, hemodynamics, and CT and MRI features of levoatriocardinal vein. Levoatriocardinal vein, a form of pulmonary systemic connection, is most commonly seen in left heart obstructive lesions, providing an alternative egress for pulmonary venous blood.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Levoatriocardinal vein can be differentiated from other more common anomalies, such as anomalous pulmonary venous return, persistent left superior vena cava, and dilated left superior intercostal vein, by its distinctive imaging features.
authors.affiliation: 1 Division of Cardiothoracic Radiology, Department of Radiology, University of Michigan Health Service, 1500 E Medical Center Dr, Ann Arbor, MI 48109.
authors.forename: Prachi P
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Agarwal
authors.affiliation: 1 Division of Cardiothoracic Radiology, Department of Radiology, University of Michigan Health Service, 1500 E Medical Center Dr, Ann Arbor, MI 48109.
authors.forename: Maryam Ghadimi
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Mahani
authors.affiliation: 1 Division of Cardiothoracic Radiology, Department of Radiology, University of Michigan Health Service, 1500 E Medical Center Dr, Ann Arbor, MI 48109.|2 Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
authors.forename: Jimmy C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.affiliation: 1 Division of Cardiothoracic Radiology, Department of Radiology, University of Michigan Health Service, 1500 E Medical Center Dr, Ann Arbor, MI 48109.|2 Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics and Communicable Diseases, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
authors.forename: Adam L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Dorfman
mesh_terms: D003326:Coronary Circulation; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000473:pathology*; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D011652:Pulmonary Circulation; D011667:Pulmonary Veins / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000196:embryology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
keywords: levoatriocardinal vein; pulmonary systemic connection