Coronary sinus ostial atresia associated with functionally single ventricle: persistent left superior vena cava should be ligated upon coronary sinus unroofing and bidirectional Glenn shunt.

Pediatr Cardiol

Division of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Asan Medical Center, College of Medicine, University of Ulsan, 88 Olympic-Ro 43-Gil, Songpa-Gu, Seoul, 138-736, Republic of Korea.

Published: April 2013

An 11-month-old boy with a functionally single ventricle, coronary sinus ostial atresia, and bilateral superior vena cava (SVC) underwent coronary sinus unroofing upon a right bidirectional cavopulmonary shunt. A persistent left SVC left open to guarantee dual coronary venous drainage became dilated with cephalocaudal blood flow reversal and desaturation. The left SVC was surgically ligated on postoperative day 35.

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