title: Anomalous drainage of isolated superior caval vein to the left atrium: the oldest reported unrepaired case.
abstract: Isolated right superior caval vein drainage into the left atrium is a rare congenital cardiac anomaly usually presenting with hypoxaemia and cyanosis. Surgical repair is the definitive treatment for this condition. In this report, we present the case of a 72-year-old patient with uncorrected anomalous drainage of a right superior caval vein into the left atrium, first diagnosed in the 1960s. To the best of our knowledge, this is the oldest reported unrepaired case.
authors.affiliation: Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Unit,Royal Brompton Hospital,London,United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Maria
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5457-2472
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Boutsikou
authors.affiliation: Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Unit,Royal Brompton Hospital,London,United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Dudley J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Pennell
authors.affiliation: Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Unit,Royal Brompton Hospital,London,United Kingdom.
authors.forename: Eva
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Nyktari
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001922:Brain Abscess / Q000150:complications; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003490:Cyanosis / Q000209:etiology; D004452:Echocardiography; D019320:Embolism, Paradoxical / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006325:Heart Atria / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006330:Heart Defects, Congenital / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000209:etiology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D014682:Vena Cava, Inferior / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014683:Vena Cava, Superior / Q000002:abnormalities / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*
keywords: Superior caval vein; brain abscess; hypoxia; left atrium; paradoxical emboli