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Left superior pulmonary vein connected to superior vena cava vein in a patient with situs inversus totalis: A challenging diagnosis
Authors:Lionel Rozen MD  Nadia Debbas MD  PhD  Nash Damry MD  Aurelia David‐Cojocariu MD  Didier de Cannière MD  PhD  Philippe Unger MD  PhD
Institution:1. Cardiology, CHU Saint‐Pierre, Brussels, Belgium;2. Radiology Department, CHU Brugmann, Brussels, Belgium;3. Cardiac Surgery Departments, CHU Saint‐Pierre, Brussels, Belgium
Abstract:We herein describe the previously unreported combination of partial anomalous venous connection to the superior vena cava combined with situs inversus totalis. Following peripheral contrast injection, bubbles appeared initially in the left atrium allowing the diagnosis of a supra‐atrial connection to be made using transthoracic echocardiography, but this timing was not anymore reproduced during transesophageal echocardiography performed minutes later. Cardiac computed tomography allowed the final diagnosis to be made. This case emphasizes the importance of performing bubble studies both during transesophageal and transthoracic echocardiography.
Keywords:congenital heart defect  contrast microbubbles  shunt
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