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A rare case of a patient with aortic root aneurysm, bicuspid aortic valve, and Scimitar syndrome with anomalous venous return to the right superior pulmonary vein

Part of: Cardiac Morphology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 January 2018

Kamran Ahmadov ,
Catherine A. Beigelman  and
Matthias Kirsch
Kamran Ahmadov*
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland
Catherine A. Beigelman
Affiliation:
Department of Radiodiagnostic and Interventional Radiology, CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland
Matthias Kirsch
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, CHUV, Lausanne, Switzerland
*
Correspondence to: K. Ahmadov, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Cardiovascular Surgery, Rue du Bugnon 46, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland. Tel: +41 21 314 26 95; E-mail: dr.kamran.ahmadov@gmail.com
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Abstract

A rare case of Scimitar Syndrome with an abnormal drainage of the right lower pulmonary vein into the right superior pulmonary vein associated with aortic root aneurism and bicuspid aortic valve is reported.

Keywords

Hypogenetic lung syndromeScimitar syndromepartial anomalous pulmonary venous return
Type
Brief Report
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 28 , Issue 4 , April 2018 , pp. 595 - 597
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© Cambridge University Press 2018 

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