Case Report

Tetralogy of Fallot, Absent Vena Cava Superior, Persistent Left Vena Cava Superior, and Interrupted Vena Cava Inferior: A Case of Struggle in Open Heart Surgery

Volume: 27 Number: 1 April 30, 2025
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Tetralogy of Fallot, Absent Vena Cava Superior, Persistent Left Vena Cava Superior, and Interrupted Vena Cava Inferior: A Case of Struggle in Open Heart Surgery

Abstract

Interruption of vena cava inferior (VCI) is extremely rare, in occurrence in isolation or association with asplenia or polysplenia syndromes. In this abnormality, the infrahepatic segment of the VCI is absent, by representing the inadequacy of fusion of subcardinal embryological parts of the VCI. It is compensated by an azygos or hemiazygos vein that continues on the posterior wall of the thoracic cavity. In this case report, a case of incidentally diagnosed interrupted VCI in a patient diagnosed with tetralogy of Fallot (TOF), major aortopulmonary collateral artery (MAPCA), right arcus aorta, absence of right vena cava superior (VCS), and persistent left vena cava superior (PLVCS), and its successful surgical treatment was presented. If the hepatic vein confluence is of adequate size, the cannulation for cardiopulmonary bypass circuit through the hepatic vein confluence is safe in case of interrupted VCI.

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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Pediatric Cardiology

Journal Section

Case Report

Early Pub Date

March 12, 2025

Publication Date

April 30, 2025

Submission Date

November 6, 2024

Acceptance Date

February 13, 2025

Published in Issue

Year 2025 Volume: 27 Number: 1

APA
İştar, H., & Harmandar, B. (2025). Tetralogy of Fallot, Absent Vena Cava Superior, Persistent Left Vena Cava Superior, and Interrupted Vena Cava Inferior: A Case of Struggle in Open Heart Surgery. Duzce Medical Journal, 27(1), 102-104. https://doi.org/10.18678/dtfd.1580769
AMA
1.İştar H, Harmandar B. Tetralogy of Fallot, Absent Vena Cava Superior, Persistent Left Vena Cava Superior, and Interrupted Vena Cava Inferior: A Case of Struggle in Open Heart Surgery. Duzce Med J. 2025;27(1):102-104. doi:10.18678/dtfd.1580769
Chicago
İştar, Hande, and Buğra Harmandar. 2025. “Tetralogy of Fallot, Absent Vena Cava Superior, Persistent Left Vena Cava Superior, and Interrupted Vena Cava Inferior: A Case of Struggle in Open Heart Surgery”. Duzce Medical Journal 27 (1): 102-4. https://doi.org/10.18678/dtfd.1580769.
EndNote
İştar H, Harmandar B (April 1, 2025) Tetralogy of Fallot, Absent Vena Cava Superior, Persistent Left Vena Cava Superior, and Interrupted Vena Cava Inferior: A Case of Struggle in Open Heart Surgery. Duzce Medical Journal 27 1 102–104.
IEEE
[1]H. İştar and B. Harmandar, “Tetralogy of Fallot, Absent Vena Cava Superior, Persistent Left Vena Cava Superior, and Interrupted Vena Cava Inferior: A Case of Struggle in Open Heart Surgery”, Duzce Med J, vol. 27, no. 1, pp. 102–104, Apr. 2025, doi: 10.18678/dtfd.1580769.
ISNAD
İştar, Hande - Harmandar, Buğra. “Tetralogy of Fallot, Absent Vena Cava Superior, Persistent Left Vena Cava Superior, and Interrupted Vena Cava Inferior: A Case of Struggle in Open Heart Surgery”. Duzce Medical Journal 27/1 (April 1, 2025): 102-104. https://doi.org/10.18678/dtfd.1580769.
JAMA
1.İştar H, Harmandar B. Tetralogy of Fallot, Absent Vena Cava Superior, Persistent Left Vena Cava Superior, and Interrupted Vena Cava Inferior: A Case of Struggle in Open Heart Surgery. Duzce Med J. 2025;27:102–104.
MLA
İştar, Hande, and Buğra Harmandar. “Tetralogy of Fallot, Absent Vena Cava Superior, Persistent Left Vena Cava Superior, and Interrupted Vena Cava Inferior: A Case of Struggle in Open Heart Surgery”. Duzce Medical Journal, vol. 27, no. 1, Apr. 2025, pp. 102-4, doi:10.18678/dtfd.1580769.
Vancouver
1.Hande İştar, Buğra Harmandar. Tetralogy of Fallot, Absent Vena Cava Superior, Persistent Left Vena Cava Superior, and Interrupted Vena Cava Inferior: A Case of Struggle in Open Heart Surgery. Duzce Med J. 2025 Apr. 1;27(1):102-4. doi:10.18678/dtfd.1580769