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Extracardiac rerouting of the persistent left superior vena cava in the left isomerism heart

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The left isomerism heart is common to have various forms of the systemic and pulmonary venous connections, for which numerous reparative methods have been proposed. This report describes a successful extracardiac rerouting of the persistent left superior vena cava of a 6-year-old girl patient having the isomerism heart, bilateral superior vena cava, partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection, and partial form of the atrioventricular septal defect. Intraatrial rerouting of the left superior vena cava was found unfeasible, since this procedure had a potential hazard to obstruct the systemic and/or pulmonary venous drainage. The patient recovered uneventfully and is leading a normal life 6 years after the surgery.

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  1. From the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Saitama Children’s Hospital, Saitama, Japan

    Noriyasu Kawada MD, Masaaki Yamagishi MD, Kiyozo Morita MD, Toshiyuki Kanazawa MD & Yuzuru Nakamura MD

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Kawada, N., Yamagishi, M., Morita, K. et al. Extracardiac rerouting of the persistent left superior vena cava in the left isomerism heart. Jpn J Thorac Caridovasc Surg 52, 88–90 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11748-004-0092-1

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