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(Chest. 1953;24:479-488.)
© 1953 American College of Chest Physicians

Persistence of Left Superior Vena Cava

ISRAEL STEINBERG M.D., F.C.C.P.1; WILLIAM DUBILIER JR. M.D.2; and DANIEL S. LUKAS M.D.3

1 The Department of Medicine, the New York Hospital—Cornell Medical Center.
2 The Department of Radiology, the New York Hospital—Cornell Medical Center.
3 The Department of the Cardio-Pulmonary Laboratory, the New York Hospital—Cornell Medical Center.

Eleven cases of persistent left superior vena cava discovered during life by cardiac catheterization and angiocardiography are described and illustrated. By itself, a persistent left superior vena cava produces no detectable effects on the function of the heart but it is often associated with other congenital cardiac anomalies often of a multiple complex type.






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