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Rare case of total anomalous pulmonary venous return into the right atrium in situs solitus

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 February 2024

Elio Caruso
Affiliation:
Mediterranean Pediatric Cardiology Center “Bambino Gesù”, San Vincenzo Hospital, Taormina, Italy
Silvia Farruggio*
Affiliation:
Mediterranean Pediatric Cardiology Center “Bambino Gesù”, San Vincenzo Hospital, Taormina, Italy
Norman H. Silverman
Affiliation:
Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
*
Corresponding author: S. Farruggio; Email: [email protected]

Abstract

We report an uncommon case report of total anomalous pulmonary venous returns into the right atrium at the base of the superior caval vein’s ostium without a sinus venosus defect, in situs solitus, without vertical vein or a posterior pulmonary venous confluence.

Type
Images in Congenital Cardiac Disease
Copyright
© The Author(s), 2024. Published by Cambridge University Press

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