ArticleCardiovascular journal of Africa2017
Persistent left superior vena cava.
Article in Cardiovascular journal of Africa, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 49 papers.
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- Persistent left superior vena cava causing change in cardiac chamber size: anatomical and hemodynamic changes.Quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery · 2026Article
- Coronary computed tomography angiography findings of anomalous left hepatic vein drainage into the coronary sinus with complex anomalies: a case report.European heart journal. Case reports · 2026Article
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- Double superior vena cava and anomalous left atrial drainage of persistent left SVC: A case report.Radiology case reports · 2026Article
- Ablating Left-sided Atrioventricular Accessory Pathways in Young Patients with Persistent Left Superior Vena Cava: Start in the Coronary Sinus.The Journal of innovations in cardiac rhythm management · 2025Article
- The Marshall Complex in the Human Heart: Embryology, Microanatomy, Autonomic Features and Clinical Implications for Atrial Fibrillation-A State-of-the-Art Narrative Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Conduction system pacing in a patient with persistent left superior vena cava and absent right superior vena cava: a case report.Journal of medical case reports · 2025Article
- Persistent left superior vena cava discovered during central line insertion in a patient with Joubert syndrome: a case report.Journal of medical case reports · 2025Article
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- Postpartum ischemic stroke due to persistent left superior vena cava to left atrium after DORV repair: a case report and literature review.BMC cardiovascular disorders · 2025Review
- A Rare Case of Shone Complex With a Persistent Left Superior Vena Cava and Absent Right Superior Vena Cava.Cureus · 2025Article
- Left Superior Vena Cava Draining to Left Atrium: A Case Report, Review of the Literature, and Classification.Pediatric cardiology · 2024Review
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- Right-to-left-shunts in patients scheduled for neurosurgical intervention in semi-sitting position - a literature review based on two case scenarios.BMC anesthesiology · 2024Review
- Challenges in central venous catheter placement due to thoracic venous anomaly in an infant - A case report.Indian journal of anaesthesia · 2024Article
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- Coexisting Pulmonary Artery Sling and Persistent Left Superior Vena Cava.JACC. Case reports · 2024Article
- Integrated analysis of comorbidity, pregnant outcomes, and amniotic fluid cytogenetics of fetuses with persistent left superior vena cava.World journal of cardiology · 2023Article
- A Rare Case of Persistent Left Superior Vena Cava Coexisting With Valvulopathies and Complete Heart Block.Cureus · 2023Article
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Abstract
Persistent left superior vena cava (PLSVC) is the most common congenital malformation of thoracic venous return and is present in 0.3 to 0.5% of individuals in the general population. This heart specimen was dissected from a 35-year-old male cadaver whose cause of death was determined as non-cardiac. The heart was examined and we found a PLSVC draining into the coronary sinus. The right superior vena cava was present with a small-diameter ostium. An anomalous pulmonary vein pattern was observed; there was a common trunk to the left superior and left inferior pulmonary veins (diameter 17.8 mm) and an additional middle right pulmonary vein (diameter 2.7 mm) with two classic right pulmonary veins. The PLSVC draining into the coronary sinus had led to its enlargement, which could have altered the cardiac haemodynamics by significantly reducing the size of the left atrium and impeding its outflow via the mitral valve.
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