López González A, Albertos J, González de Diego J F, Garrido P, Castaño M, Arcas R, Vallejo J L, González Santos J, Fortuny R, Rico M
Departamento de Cirugía Cardiovascular, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Marañón, Madrid.
Rev Esp Cardiol. 1995 May;48(5):362-4.
The amount of transplants has gone through a remarkable increase during the last years. As a result, congenital anomalies of little prevalence appear more and more often while performing the transplants. The persistence of upper cava vein is one of them and, if not linked to other anomalies, it usually remains unnoticed. This article presents a case of an orthotopic cardiac transplant in a patient with an upper cava vein duplication not diagnosed before undergoing surgery, and it compares the way it was handled to diverse techniques previously described.
