Evidence map›Paper›PMID 40450311›Full record

ReviewJournal of cardiothoracic surgery2025

Anomalous hepatic vein drainage to the atrium following extracardiac total cavopulmonary connection: a case report and literature review.

Xuechen Liu, Junxiang Pan, Mengqian Liao, Tianhao Liao, Lianyi Wang, Yongqiang Jin

Abstract readCase ReportsReview
PubMed Full text at PMC Publisher
In one paragraph

Review in Journal of cardiothoracic surgery, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
0citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

0 citing papers in PubMed.

No citing paper in PubMed yet.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Xuechen Liu *Heart Center, The First Hospital of Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100016, China.
Junxiang Pan *Heart Center, The First Hospital of Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100016, China.
Mengqian LiaoHeart Center, The First Hospital of Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100016, China.
Tianhao LiaoThe First Clinical Institute, Zunyi Medical University, Zunyi, 563000, China.
Lianyi WangHeart Center, The First Hospital of Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100016, China. lywang@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn.
Yongqiang JinHeart Center, The First Hospital of Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100016, China. theone101@163.com.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe discovery of anomalous hepatic vein drainage into the atrium following extracardiac total cavopulmonary connection in patients with single ventricle is extremely rare. This study aims to enhance our understanding of this phenomenon. CASE PRESENTATION: We report a case of a congenital heart disease patient who underwent extracardiac total cavopulmonary connection. Postoperatively, the patient experienced progressive low oxygen saturation and cyanosis. Cardiac catheterization and contrast CT revealed hepatic vein drainage into the atrium. Surgical ligation of the hepatic vein was performed, resulting in normalization of oxygen saturation and significant improvement of cyanosis. The patient has been in good condition during follow-up.

conclusionFor patients experiencing progressive cyanosis and hypoxemia after extracardiac total cavopulmonary connection, the possibility of anomalous hepatic vein drainage should be considered, although rare. This can be confirmed through cardiac catheterization or contrast enhanced CT. Ligation of the anomalous hepatic vein can significantly improve the condition.

Indexed as

Fontan ProcedureHeart AtriaHeart Bypass, RightHeart Defects, CongenitalHepatic VeinsHumansLigationTomography, X-Ray ComputedAnomalous hepatic vein drainageExtracardiac total cavopulmonary connectionHepatic vein ligation

Identifiers

PMID40450311
PMCPMC12125925

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC-ND
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.