Hypoplastic left heart with intact atrial septum and levoatriocardinal vein: a challenge in identifying aortic arch branches.

Cardiol Young

Department of Pediatrics,Division of Pediatric Cardiology, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, University of Iowa,Iowa,United States of America.

Published: January 2015

The levoatriocardinal vein provides alternative egress from the left atrium to the systemic veins in left-sided obstructive lesions. Although rare, it has been described in association with hypoplastic left heart syndrome. We report a case of hypoplastic left heart syndrome with levoatriocardinal vein and aberrant right subclavian artery where cardiac magnetic resonance imaging/angiography proved to be a valuable imaging modality for pre-operative evaluation.

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