%0 Journal Article
%T Late Clinical Presentation of Inferior Vena Cava Deviation into the Left Atrium Following Atrial Septal Defect Repair in the Childhood
%A Ali El-Sayed Ahmad
%A Anton Moritz
%A Peter Kleine
%A Thomas Lehnert
%J Archive of "The Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon Reports".
%D 2016
%R 10.1055/s-0035-1566265
%X A 19-year-old woman underwent ASD closure with patch in the childhood. Fifteen years later, she presented with severe cyanosis and dyspnea on exertion. Clinical diagnostics revealed a dislocation of the patch resulting in a right-to-left shunt (RLS) that was compensated in the past years by a recurrent ASD allowing a left-to-right shunt (LRS). The existing balance between interatrial shunts vanished by the growth of the patient leading to the clinical deterioration. After successful redo surgery, the patient was discharged home 8 days postoperatively
%K congenital heart disease
%K reoperation
%K imaging
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5177423/