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Case Report

Volume 2, Number 5, October 2011, pages 249-252

Persistent Left Superior Vena Cava Draining into the Coronary Sinus: A Case Report

Figures

Figure 1.
Figure 1. (a)Transthoracic echocardiogram in parasternal long-axis view illustrating a dilated coronary sinus; (b)Transthoracic echocardiogram in apical right ventricular inflow view illustrating a dilated coronary sinus. (Ao: aorta; CS: coronary sinus; LA: left atrium; LV: left ventricle; RA: right atrium; RV: right ventricle)
Figure 2.
Figure 2. (a)Transthoracic echocardiogram in apical right ventricular inflow view illustrating early opacification of right chambers following agitated saline injection from right antebrachial vein; (b)Transthoracic echocardiogram in apical right ventricular inflow view illustrating early opacification of the abnor­mally large coronary sinus following agitated saline injection from left antebrachial vein. (CS: coronary sinus; LV: left ventricle; RA: right atrium; RV: right ventricle)
Figure 3.
Figure 3. Fluoroscopic image of agitated saline injection showing persistent left superior vena cava draining into right atrium through the coronary sinus. (PLSVC: persistent left superior vena cava; CS: coronary sinus; RA: right atrium)