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Levoatriocardinal vein and partial anomalous pulmonary vein drainage in left-sided obstructive CHDs: diagnostic and surgical implications

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 October 2015

Davide Marini ,
Gabriella Agnoletti  and
Carlo Pace Napoleone
Davide Marini*
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiology, Città della Salute e della Scienza, Turin, Italy Department of Public Health and Paediatric Sciences, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
Gabriella Agnoletti
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiology, Città della Salute e della Scienza, Turin, Italy
Carlo Pace Napoleone
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Città della Salute e della Scienza, Turin, Italy
*
Correspondence to: D. Marini, Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Città della Salute e della Scienza, University of Turin, Turin, Italy. Tel: +0 039 011 313 5806; Fax: +0 039 011 313 5482; E-mail: dmarini@cittadellasalute.to.it
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Abstract

We report two cases with levoatriocardinal vein and partial anomalous pulmonary venous drainage in left-sided obstructive lesions. This association may be difficult to recognise by echocardiography. Cardiac CT and MRI were crucial to define the diagnosis and to tailor the best therapeutic option.

Keywords

Hypoplastic left heart syndromeCTlevoatriocardinal veinmagnetic resonance
Type
Brief Reports
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 26 , Issue 4 , April 2016 , pp. 811 - 814
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© Cambridge University Press 2015 

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