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Left upper pulmonary vein connected to the persistent left superior vena cava and the left atrium

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Persistent left superior vena cava (PLSVC) is the most common anomalous thoracic venous drainage. A PLSVC usually drains into the right atrium through a dilated coronary sinus. It is rare that a PLSVC flows directly into the left atrium, and even rarer that it connects to the left upper pulmonary vein (LUPV). We report a case, wherein the LUPV connected to both the PLSVC and the left atrium.

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  1. Department of Thoracic Surgery, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine and Hospital, South 1, West 16, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, 060-8543, Japan

    Ryunosuke Maki, Masahiro Miyajima, Taijiro Mishina & Atsushi Watanabe

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Maki, R., Miyajima, M., Mishina, T. et al. Left upper pulmonary vein connected to the persistent left superior vena cava and the left atrium. Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 67, 723–725 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11748-018-1018-7

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