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SUBMITTER: Aramendi JI
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3895076 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Aramendi José I JI Cubero Alain A Hamzeh Gadah G Rey Estibaliz E
Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery 20131114 2
We present an unusual variant of the sinus venosus defect in which an obvious window is formed between a single pulmonary vein and the superior vena cava, the pulmonary vein retaining its connection to the left atrium. Two patients were operated on via right anterior minithoracotomy. A large single right pulmonary vein was found connecting to the left atrium. There was a large side-to-side communication between the superior vena cava and the pulmonary vein resulting in partially anomalous pulmon ...[more]