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Isolated connection of the right superior caval vein to the left atrium: non-invasive neonatal diagnosis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 August 2008

Ashok P. Kakadekar ,
Roxane McKay  and
Michael J. Tyrrell
Ashok P. Kakadekar*
Affiliation:
Divisions of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiothoracic Surgery, Departments of Pediatrics and Surgery, University of Saskatchewan, Royal University Hospital, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N OW8, Canada
Roxane McKay
Affiliation:
Divisions of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiothoracic Surgery, Departments of Pediatrics and Surgery, University of Saskatchewan, Royal University Hospital, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N OW8, Canada
Michael J. Tyrrell
Affiliation:
Divisions of Pediatric Cardiology and Cardiothoracic Surgery, Departments of Pediatrics and Surgery, University of Saskatchewan, Royal University Hospital, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N OW8, Canada
*
Dr Ashok Kakadekar, Department of Pediatrics, Royal University Hospital, 103 Hospital Drive, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, S7N OW8, Canada: Tel: (306) 966 8114; Fax: (306) 975 3767; E-mail: kakadekr@duke.usask.ca
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Abstract

Isolated anomalous drainage of the right superior caval vein to the left atrium is a very rare cause of cyanosis in the newborn. Herein, the cross-sectional echocardiography and colour Doppler findings of this malformation are described.

Keywords

Anomalous right superior caval vein echocardiographycyanosis
Type
Brief Reports
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 9 , Issue 3 , May 1999 , pp. 310 - 314
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1999

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