Iatrogenic diversion of the inferior vena cava into the left atrium diagnosed 43 years after surgical atrial septal defect closure

Toshio Doi; Kanetsugu Nagao; Akihiko Higashida; Masaya Aoki; Shigeki Yokoyama; Shigeyuki Yamashita; Akio Yamashita; Kazuaki Fukahara; Naoki Yoshimura

doi:10.1002/ccr3.4618

Clinical Case Reports (Aug 2021)

Iatrogenic diversion of the inferior vena cava into the left atrium diagnosed 43 years after surgical atrial septal defect closure

Toshio Doi,
Kanetsugu Nagao,
Akihiko Higashida,
Masaya Aoki,
Shigeki Yokoyama,
Shigeyuki Yamashita,
Akio Yamashita,
Kazuaki Fukahara,
Naoki Yoshimura

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Toshio Doi: First Department of Surgery University of Toyama Toyama Japan
Kanetsugu Nagao: First Department of Surgery University of Toyama Toyama Japan
Akihiko Higashida: First Department of Surgery University of Toyama Toyama Japan
Masaya Aoki: First Department of Surgery University of Toyama Toyama Japan
Shigeki Yokoyama: First Department of Surgery University of Toyama Toyama Japan
Shigeyuki Yamashita: First Department of Surgery University of Toyama Toyama Japan
Akio Yamashita: First Department of Surgery University of Toyama Toyama Japan
Kazuaki Fukahara: First Department of Surgery University of Toyama Toyama Japan
Naoki Yoshimura: First Department of Surgery University of Toyama Toyama Japan

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.4618
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 8
pp. n/a – n/a

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Abstract The diversion of the inferior vena cava into the left atrium after surgical atrial septal defect closure is a fatal complication. Cases of atrial septal defect with no inferior rim should be treated with this complication in mind.

Published in Clinical Case Reports

ISSN: 2050-0904 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General)
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/20500904

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