Left ventricular inflow obstruction associated with persistent left superior vena cava and dilated coronary sinus

• Published in: The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery Vol. 127; no. 4; pp. 959 - 962
• Main Authors: DiBardino, Daniel J, Fraser, Charles D., Jr, Dickerson, Heather A, Heinle, Jeffrey S, McKenzie, E. Dean, Kung, Grace
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Philadelphia, PA AATS/WTSA 01.04.2004; Elsevier
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy; Biological and medical sciences; Cardiac Surgical Procedures; Cardiology. Vascular system; Child; Child, Preschool; Coronary Vessel Anomalies - complications; Coronary Vessel Anomalies - diagnostic imaging; Coronary Vessel Anomalies - therapy; Dilatation, Pathologic - complications; Dilatation, Pathologic - diagnostic imaging; Dilatation, Pathologic - therapy; Echocardiography; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Heart Arrest, Induced; Heart Ventricles - abnormalities; Heart Ventricles - diagnostic imaging; Heart Ventricles - surgery; Humans; Hypothermia, Induced; Infant; Male; Medical sciences; Mitral Valve - abnormalities; Mitral Valve - diagnostic imaging; Mitral Valve - surgery; Pneumology; Postoperative Care; Preoperative Care; Statistics as Topic; Treatment Outcome; Vena Cava, Superior - abnormalities; Vena Cava, Superior - diagnostic imaging; Vena Cava, Superior - surgery; Ventricular Outflow Obstruction - complications; Ventricular Outflow Obstruction - diagnostic imaging; Ventricular Outflow Obstruction - therapy; Ventricular Pressure - physiology; Association; Persistent left superior vena cava; Anesthesia; Circulatory system; Cardiology; Obstruction; Left ventricle; Coronary sinus

It has previously been suggested that significant dilatation of the coronary sinus can contribute to left ventricular inflow obstruction and is amenable to surgical correction. The purpose of this study was to review our experience with this rare condition. Since 1995, 6 patients have undergone coro...