TY - JOUR
T1 - Rerouting anomalous hepatic venous connection to the left atrium
AU - Kloppenburg, Geoffrey T.L.
AU - Post, Marco C.
AU - Mager, Hans Jurgen J.
AU - Schepens, Marc A.A.M.
PY - 2010/8/1
Y1 - 2010/8/1
N2 - Total hepatic venous drainage into the left atrium is an extremely uncommon abnormality. We present a patient in whom the hepatic veins drained into the left atrium in the absence of other intracardiac or extracardiac anomalies. Surgical correction of the anomalous hepatic venous connection was performed by suturing the hepatic veins to the right atrium.
AB - Total hepatic venous drainage into the left atrium is an extremely uncommon abnormality. We present a patient in whom the hepatic veins drained into the left atrium in the absence of other intracardiac or extracardiac anomalies. Surgical correction of the anomalous hepatic venous connection was performed by suturing the hepatic veins to the right atrium.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.01.080
DO - 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.01.080
M3 - Article
C2 - 20667368
AN - SCOPUS:77955694854
SN - 0003-4975
VL - 90
SP - 638
EP - 640
JO - Annals of Thoracic Surgery
JF - Annals of Thoracic Surgery
IS - 2
ER -