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Inability to Utilize Retrograde Cardioplegia due to a Persistent Left Superior Vena Cava.

ABSTRACT: A persistent left superior vena cava is a congenital abnormality that affects a minority of the general population. While this finding is not hemodynamically significant in all patients, failure to recognize the altered anatomy in any of these patients can be consequential during procedures such as central venous catheter placement, pacemaker/defibrillator wire placement, and use of retrograde cardioplegia during cardiac surgery. We present a case of an intraoperative diagnosis of a persistent left superior vena cava that altered the original plan to arrest the heart using retrograde cardioplegia. Echocardiography was instrumental in this diagnosis and avoided potentially inadequate myocardial protection during cardiopulmonary bypass.

SUBMITTER: Fernando RJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5733155 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Inability to Utilize Retrograde Cardioplegia due to a Persistent Left Superior Vena Cava.

Fernando Rohesh J RJ   Johnson Sean D SD  

Case reports in anesthesiology 20171203

A persistent left superior vena cava is a congenital abnormality that affects a minority of the general population. While this finding is not hemodynamically significant in all patients, failure to recognize the altered anatomy in any of these patients can be consequential during procedures such as central venous catheter placement, pacemaker/defibrillator wire placement, and use of retrograde cardioplegia during cardiac surgery. We present a case of an intraoperative diagnosis of a persistent l  ...[more]

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