A novel surgical procedure for scimitar syndrome: scimitar vein with right atrium and inferior vena cava wall flap

Ryosuke Kowatari; Yasuyuki Suzuki; Kazuyuki Daitoku; Kaoru Hattori; Ikuo Fukuda

doi:10.1111/jocs.12821

A novel surgical procedure for scimitar syndrome: scimitar vein with right atrium and inferior vena cava wall flap

J Card Surg. 2016 Oct;31(10):642-644. doi: 10.1111/jocs.12821. Epub 2016 Aug 29.

Authors

Ryosuke Kowatari¹, Yasuyuki Suzuki¹, Kazuyuki Daitoku¹, Kaoru Hattori¹, Ikuo Fukuda²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan.
² Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Hirosaki University Graduate School of Medicine, Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan. ikuofuku@hirosaki-u.ac.jp.

PMID: 27572997
DOI: 10.1111/jocs.12821

Abstract

We describe a new surgical procedure for the scimitar syndrome using the walls of the right atrium and inferior vena cava as a flap to prevent kinking and stenosis of the scimitar vein-left atrium anastomosis.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Cardiac Catheterization
Female
Heart Atria / diagnostic imaging
Heart Atria / surgery*
Humans
Pulmonary Veins / abnormalities
Pulmonary Veins / diagnostic imaging
Pulmonary Veins / surgery*
Scimitar Syndrome / diagnosis
Scimitar Syndrome / surgery*
Surgical Flaps*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Vascular Surgical Procedures / methods*
Vena Cava, Inferior / abnormalities
Vena Cava, Inferior / diagnostic imaging
Vena Cava, Inferior / surgery*