A unique left-to-right shunt characterized by multimodality cardiac imaging.

Stein, J H; Broderick, L; Neumann, A; Snell, R J; Hanashiro, P K; Caralis, D G · Chest · 1995

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

We describe the first reported patient with a persistent left superior vena cava that communicates directly with the left atrium as an isolated congenital defect. She developed mitral stenosis and physiologic conditions that favored left-to-right shunting--a modified Lutembacher's syndrome. Noninvasive cardiac imaging completely elucidated her cardiac anatomy and physiology.

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