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Ann Thorac Surg 1998;65:1770-1772
© 1998 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons

Case Reports

Surgical Management of Tricuspid Atresia and Anomalous Left Brachiocephalic Vein

Theodore C. Koutlas, MDa, Gil Wernovsky, MDb, Michael C. Slack, MDa, Paul M. Weinberg, MDb, Thomas L. Spray, MDa

a Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
b Division of Cardiology, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Accepted for publication December 17, 1997.

Address reprint requests to Dr Koutlas, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, East Carolina University School of Medicine, Greenville, NC 27858-4354
e-mail: (tkoutlas{at}brody.med.ecu.edu)

An anomalous left brachiocephalic vein is an uncommon systemic venous anomaly, which usually has no clinical significance. We describe a case of tricuspid atresia with such an anomalous left brachiocephalic vein. The presence of this unusual venous anomaly had a number of implications in the surgical management of the tricuspid atresia.




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