Pseudo interruption of the inferior vena cava complicating the device closure of patent ductus arteriosus: Case report and short review of venous system embryology

Pseudo interruption of the inferior vena cava complicating the device closure of patent ductus arteriosus: Case report and short review of venous system embryology

A nineteen-month-old girl was taken up for patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) device closure. A diagnostic catheter from the right femoral venous access entered the superior vena cava (SVC), through the azygos vein suggesting interruption of inferior vena caval with azygos continuity. Therefore, the PDA...

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Main Authors: Venkateshwaran Subramanian, Krishnamoorthy Kavassery Mahadevan, Sivasankaran Sivasubramonian, Jaganmohan Tharakan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2014-01-01
Series:Annals of Pediatric Cardiology
Subjects:
Azygos vein
jugular
iliac veins
Online Access:http://www.annalspc.com/article.asp?issn=0974-2069;year=2014;volume=7;issue=1;spage=64;epage=66;aulast=Subramanian

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