title: Drainage of the Left Hepatic Vein into the Coronary Sinus, a Rare Intraoperative Finding.
abstract: In a 76-year-old female undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery, a persistent left hepatic vein was observed. Draining of this vein into the coronary sinus is an extremely rare embryological malformation and this is the first case to be reported as a solitary malformation in absence of other cardiac malformations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
authors.forename: Wouter G
authors.initials: WG
authors.lastname: Morshuis
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
authors.forename: Robert A F
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: de Lind van Wijngaarden
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
authors.forename: Charles
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kik
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
authors.forename: Ad J J C
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Bogers
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000601:surgery; D054326:Coronary Sinus / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000196:embryology; D005260:Female; D006503:Hepatic Veins / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000196:embryology; D006801:Humans; D033162:Incidental Findings; D007432:Intraoperative Period