Prenatal diagnosis of anomalous drainage of the right superior vena cava to the left atrium

Stacy Killen

doi:10.5114/pcard.2022.127233

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Prenatal Cardiology

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Case report

Prenatal diagnosis of anomalous drainage of the right superior vena cava to the left atrium

Stacy A.S. Killen

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Pediatrics, Vanderbilt University Medical Center and Monroe Carell Jr. Children’s Hospital at Vanderbilt, United States

Prenat Cardio 2022; 12(1): 42-47

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5114/pcard.2022.127233

Online publish date: 2023/05/10

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Anomalous drainage of the right superior vena cava to the left atrium, as an isolated abnormality, is a very rare form of congenital heart disease that causes postnatal hypoxemia. There is only one other case reported in the literature of this anomaly diagnosed prenatally. We describe a case of isolated right superior vena cava to the left atrium diagnosed prenatally by our fetal cardiology team after obstetrical referral for a dilated superior vena cava, and we discuss the differential diagnosis of in utero dilation of the superior vena cava.

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right superior vena cava to the left atrium, biatrial drainage of the superior vena cava, systemic venous anomalies, dilated superior vena cava, fetal/prenatal diagnosis

Prenatal diagnosis of anomalous drainage of the right superior vena cava to the left atrium

Stacy A.S. Killen 1

right superior vena cava to the left atrium, biatrial drainage of the superior vena cava, systemic venous anomalies, dilated superior vena cava, fetal/prenatal diagnosis

Stacy A.S. Killen

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