Persistence of the left superior vena cava is often an incidental finding during cardiac
surgical procedures. In minimally invasive valvular surgery, it may jeopardise venous
drainage and myocardial protection. This How-To-Do-It paper describes the cannulation
strategy in a case of minimally invasive mitral surgery in a patient with persistence
of the left superior vena cava and absence of the anonymous vein detected with preoperative
multimodality imaging.
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Publication history
Published online: December 07, 2021
Accepted:
November 14,
2021
Received:
November 7,
2021
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© 2021 Australian and New Zealand Society of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgeons (ANZSCTS) and the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand (CSANZ). Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
