Aortocaval Tunnel to the Superior Vena Cava: A Case Report

A 20-year old female with a rare anomaly of aortocaval tunnel to superior vena cava is presented. Rare cases of congenital communications between aorta and right sided of the heart has been reported previously. The patient underwent surgical repair and had uneventful recovery.

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Main Authors: Rezvanieh Salehi, Bahman Rastkar, Abbas Afrasiabi, Leili Pourafkari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Tabriz University of Medical Sciences 2011-05-01
Series:Journal of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Research
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Online Access:http://journals.tbzmed.ac.ir/JCVTR/Manuscript/JCVTR-3-71.pdf
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author Rezvanieh Salehi
Bahman Rastkar
Abbas Afrasiabi
Leili Pourafkari
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description A 20-year old female with a rare anomaly of aortocaval tunnel to superior vena cava is presented. Rare cases of congenital communications between aorta and right sided of the heart has been reported previously. The patient underwent surgical repair and had uneventful recovery.
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spelling doaj.art-805463f885ae49338b49d300d571882d2022-12-22T00:46:31ZengTabriz University of Medical SciencesJournal of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Research2008-51172008-68302011-05-0132717210.5681/jcvtr.2011.015JCVTR_20121008105832Aortocaval Tunnel to the Superior Vena Cava: A Case ReportRezvanieh Salehi0Bahman Rastkar1Abbas Afrasiabi2Leili Pourafkari3Department of Cardiology, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, IranDepartment of Cardiology, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, IranDepartment of Cardiac Surgery, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, IranDepartment of Cardiology, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, IranA 20-year old female with a rare anomaly of aortocaval tunnel to superior vena cava is presented. Rare cases of congenital communications between aorta and right sided of the heart has been reported previously. The patient underwent surgical repair and had uneventful recovery.http://journals.tbzmed.ac.ir/JCVTR/Manuscript/JCVTR-3-71.pdfAortocavalSuperior Vena CavaTunnel
spellingShingle Rezvanieh Salehi
Bahman Rastkar
Abbas Afrasiabi
Leili Pourafkari
Aortocaval Tunnel to the Superior Vena Cava: A Case Report
Journal of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Research
Aortocaval
Superior Vena Cava
Tunnel
title Aortocaval Tunnel to the Superior Vena Cava: A Case Report
title_full Aortocaval Tunnel to the Superior Vena Cava: A Case Report
title_fullStr Aortocaval Tunnel to the Superior Vena Cava: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Aortocaval Tunnel to the Superior Vena Cava: A Case Report
title_short Aortocaval Tunnel to the Superior Vena Cava: A Case Report
title_sort aortocaval tunnel to the superior vena cava a case report
topic Aortocaval
Superior Vena Cava
Tunnel
url http://journals.tbzmed.ac.ir/JCVTR/Manuscript/JCVTR-3-71.pdf
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