{"title":"Brachiocephalic Vein Duplication: Case Report of a Double Left Brachiocephalic Vein in an Infant.","authors":"Alyssa Marcum, Nita Ray Chaudhuri, Salwa Gendi","doi":"10.1007/s00246-024-03552-3","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A patient was delivered at 26 weeks (about 6 months) gestation via an emergency caesarian section. A patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) and atrial septal defect (ASD) were discovered during an echocardiogram 13 days after birth. The patient had catheter-based closure of the PDA and ASD. During a routine echocardiogram to check device placements, it was discovered that there was dilation of the superior vena cava (SVC), and it was suspected that a thrombus was present. Computed tomography angiography (CTA) was completed to better define SVC anatomy and flow acceleration. The CTA demonstrated that there was a double innominate vein.</p>","PeriodicalId":19814,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Cardiology","volume":" ","pages":"1000-1002"},"PeriodicalIF":1.5000,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Pediatric Cardiology","FirstCategoryId":"3","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s00246-024-03552-3","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2024/6/21 0:00:00","PubModel":"Epub","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"CARDIAC & CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
A patient was delivered at 26 weeks (about 6 months) gestation via an emergency caesarian section. A patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) and atrial septal defect (ASD) were discovered during an echocardiogram 13 days after birth. The patient had catheter-based closure of the PDA and ASD. During a routine echocardiogram to check device placements, it was discovered that there was dilation of the superior vena cava (SVC), and it was suspected that a thrombus was present. Computed tomography angiography (CTA) was completed to better define SVC anatomy and flow acceleration. The CTA demonstrated that there was a double innominate vein.
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The editor of Pediatric Cardiology welcomes original manuscripts concerning all aspects of heart disease in infants, children, and adolescents, including embryology and anatomy, physiology and pharmacology, biochemistry, pathology, genetics, radiology, clinical aspects, investigative cardiology, electrophysiology and echocardiography, and cardiac surgery. Articles which may include original articles, review articles, letters to the editor etc., must be written in English and must be submitted solely to Pediatric Cardiology.