Suzuki Akiyo, Uchida Hiroaki, Ozawa Hideki, Katsumata Takahiro
Osaka Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Takatsuki Osaka, Japan.
Eur Heart J Case Rep. 2023 May 17;7(5):ytad242. doi: 10.1093/ehjcr/ytad242. eCollection 2023 May.
A left hepatic vein draining into the coronary sinus is an extremely rare congenital abnormality as a solitary cardiovascular malformation. We encountered the anomaly during the mitral valve surgery in a 72-year-old woman. The operation was successfully carried out using an additional suction directly in the left hepatic vein.