Delmo Walter EMB, Alexi-Meskishvilli V, Hetzer R. Retrosternal compression seven years after surgical correction of partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection: Scimitar syndrome.
J Card Surg 2008;
24:87-9. [PMID:
18482388 DOI:
10.1111/j.1540-8191.2008.00613.x]
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Abstract
Seven years after surgical correction of Scimitar syndrome, a 19-year-old patient complained of progressive dyspnea and tachycardia. Transthoracic echocardiography revealed a mass compressing the right ventricle. Magnetic resonance tomogram showed its exact retrosternal location and nature. A computed tomography-guided drainage decompressed the mass. Because of cystic wall persistence, a surgical extirpation of the whole cystic cavity was deemed necessary.
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