Key result
Revision surgery corrects iatrogenic IVC diversion into the left atrium, resolving cyanosis and dyspnea.
Case Report (n=1)
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Iatrogenic diversion of the inferior vena cava into the left atrium is a rare but severe complication of surgical ASD closure that can present decades later and requires surgical correction.
Alerts surgeons to rare IVC diversion risk in rim-deficient ASD closure; case report leaves open best preventive techniques.
The diversion of the inferior vena cava into the left atrium after surgical atrial septal defect closure is a fatal complication. Cases of atrial septal defect with no inferior rim should be treated with this complication in mind.
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Doi et al. (2021) conducted a case report in Iatrogenic diversion of the inferior vena cava into the left atrium (n=1). Revision surgery (atrial septoplasty) was evaluated on Resolution of cyanosis and hypoxia. Revision surgery successfully corrected the iatrogenic diversion of the inferior vena cava into the left atrium, resolving the patient's cyanosis and shortness of breath.
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