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“Double whammy”: anomalous pulmonary and systemic venous drainage in a patient with scimitar syndrome

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 May 2013

Robert W. Elder ,
Brian E. Kogon  and
Anurag Sahu
Robert W. Elder*
Affiliation:
Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Sibley Heart CenterDivision of Cardiology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America Division of Cardiology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Brian E. Kogon
Affiliation:
Department of Surgery, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Anurag Sahu
Affiliation:
Division of Cardiology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
*
Correspondence to: R. W. Elder, MD, 1365 Clifton Road, NE, Bldg A – Suite 2447, Atlanta, GA 30322. Tel: +404-778-5545; Fax: +404-778-5035; E-mail: rwelder@emory.edu
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Abstract

Anomalously draining right pulmonary veins are expected with scimitar syndrome, but systemic venous abnormalities are rare. We present an unusual case of a female patient with scimitar and an interrupted inferior vena cava.

Keywords

Scimitar syndromesystemic venous anomalypulmonary venous anomalyadult congenital heart disease
Type
Images in Congenital Cardiac Disease
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 23 , Issue 5 , October 2013 , pp. 738 - 739
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2013 

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