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Compression of the superior caval vein by an aneurysmal right pulmonary artery in a patient with absent pulmonary valve syndrome

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 April 2014

Tomoaki Murakami ,
Yuko Saito  and
Hiromichi Nakajima
Tomoaki Murakami*
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiology, Chiba Children’s Hospital, Chiba, Japan
Yuko Saito
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiology, Chiba Children’s Hospital, Chiba, Japan
Hiromichi Nakajima
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiology, Chiba Children’s Hospital, Chiba, Japan
*
Correspondence to: Dr T. Murakami, MD, Department of Cardiology, Chiba Children’s Hospital, 579-1 Heta-cho, Midori-ku, Chiba 266-0007 Japan. Tel: +81 43 292 2111; Fax: +81 43 292 3815; E-mail: murat@seagreen.ocn.ne.jp
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Abstract

We report a unique case of compression of the superior caval vein by an aneurysmal right pulmonary artery in a patient with tetralogy of Fallot with absent pulmonary valve.

Keywords

Absent pulmonary valvebronchial obstructionsuperior caval venous obstruction
Type
Brief Reports
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 25 , Issue 1 , January 2015 , pp. 191 - 192
Copyright
© Cambridge University Press 2014 

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