Surgical management of tricuspid atresia and anomalous left brachiocephalic vein

T C Koutlas; G Wernovsky; M C Slack; P M Weinberg; T L Spray

doi:10.1016/s0003-4975(98)00207-0

Surgical management of tricuspid atresia and anomalous left brachiocephalic vein

Ann Thorac Surg. 1998 Jun;65(6):1770-2. doi: 10.1016/s0003-4975(98)00207-0.

Authors

T C Koutlas¹, G Wernovsky, M C Slack, P M Weinberg, T L Spray

Affiliation

¹ Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. [email protected]

PMID: 9647100
DOI: 10.1016/s0003-4975(98)00207-0

Abstract

An anomalous left brachiocephalic vein is an uncommon systemic venous anomaly, which usually has no clinical significance. We describe a case of tricuspid atresia with such an anomalous left brachiocephalic vein. The presence of this unusual venous anomaly had a number of implications in the surgical management of the tricuspid atresia.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Anastomosis, Surgical
Aorta / surgery
Brachiocephalic Veins / abnormalities*
Brachiocephalic Veins / pathology
Brachiocephalic Veins / surgery
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Fontan Procedure
Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / complications
Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / pathology
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Pulmonary Artery / pathology
Pulmonary Artery / surgery
Pulmonary Veins / pathology
Tricuspid Atresia / surgery*
Vena Cava, Superior / pathology
Vena Cava, Superior / surgery