Journey to the center of the heart: Bilateral absent superior vena cava with heart block

Authors

  • Ahmed Elborae Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt
  • Ramy Doss Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt & Aswan Heart Centre, Aswan, Egypt
  • Mahmoud Shaaban Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt & Faculty of Medicine, Tanta University, Egypt
  • Ahmed A Elkhouly Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt & St. Francis Medical Center., Grand Island, NE 68803, USA
  • Mohamed Abdullah Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt
  • Khalid Soror Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21542/gcsp.2020.33

Abstract

Bilaterally absent superior vena cava (SVC) is extremely rare anomaly with a few case reports in the literature. Without associated congenital cardiac disease, these anomalies are asymptomatic. This report describes an adult patient with bilaterally absent SVC presenting with Mobitz type II heart block and a structurally normal heart.

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Published

2020-12-30

Issue

Vol. 2020 No. 3 (2020)

Section

Images in cardiology

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