Anomalous high insertion of the inferior vena cava into the right atrium: a case report with review of literature.

Congenit Heart Dis

Department of Cardiology, Gulhane Military Medical Academy, Ankara, Turkey.

Published: May 2006

Objective: Anomalous high insertion of the inferior vena cava into the right atrium is probably the most infrequent anomaly among the anomalies of the inferior vena cava.

Patients: We present a case of anomalous high insertion of the inferior vena cava into the posterior wall of the right atrium in a 20-year-old asymptomatic man.

Conclusions: This anomaly has unique characteristic because of presenting with an isolated anomaly different from earlier reported cases.

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