A Case of an Anomalous Superior Vena Cava with Anomalous Pulmonary Veins-When Two Wrongs Do not Make a Right

作者：Hong Susie N^*; Nayar Ambika; Srichai Monvadi B; Morgan Jeffrey A; Meyer David; Katz Edward

来源：Echocardiography-A Journal of Cardiovascular Ultrasound and Allied Techniques, 2011, 28(2): E39-E41.

DOI：10.1111/j.1540-8175.2010.01255.x

• contrast echo
• superior vena cava
• partial anomalous venous return
• right-to-left shunt
• congenital heart defects

Intravenous agitated saline injection is useful in identifying right-to-left shunting at the atrial or intrapulmonary level. Anomalous systemic venous drainage to the left atrium is a rare but easily correctable cause of right-to-left shunting which, if left undiagnosed, may have serious consequences, including meningitis and pyogenic brain abscesses. This case illustrates an unusual cause of right-to-left shunting and the utility of venous microbubble injection in its diagnosis. (Echocardiography 2011;28:E39-E41).

• 出版日期2011-2