Morshuis Wouter G, de Lind van Wijngaarden Robert A F, Kik Charles, Bogers Ad J J C
Department of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
J Card Surg. 2015 Nov;30(11):817-8. doi: 10.1111/jocs.12645. Epub 2015 Sep 29.
In a 76-year-old female undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery, a persistent left hepatic vein was observed. Draining of this vein into the coronary sinus is an extremely rare embryological malformation and this is the first case to be reported as a solitary malformation in absence of other cardiac malformations.