Stroke Caused by a Paradoxical Embolus From a Rare Congenital Anomaly in the Adult: Persistent Left Superior Vena Cava Draining into the Left Upper Pulmonary Vein

HomeCirculation: Cardiovascular ImagingVol. 16, No. 9Response by Loube et al to Letter Regarding Article “Stroke Caused by a Paradoxical Embolus From a Rare Congenital Anomaly in the Adult: Persistent Left Superior Vena Cava Draining Into the Left Upper Pulmonary Vein” No AccessLetterRequest AccessFull TextAboutView Full TextView PDFView EPUBSections ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload citationsTrack citationsPermissions ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InMendeleyReddit Jump toNo AccessLetterRequest AccessFull TextResponse by Loube et al to Letter Regarding Article “Stroke Caused by a Paradoxical Embolus From a Rare Congenital Anomaly in the Adult: Persistent Left Superior Vena Cava Draining Into the Left Upper Pulmonary Vein” Deanne Kennedy Loube, Anirudh Sreekrishnan, Jennifer P. Woo, Jody Shen, R. Thomas Collins and Neil Schwartz Deanne Kennedy LoubeDeanne Kennedy Loube https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5159-2494 Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences (D.K.L., A.S., N.S.), Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA. Search for more papers by this author , Anirudh SreekrishnanAnirudh Sreekrishnan https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7251-7189 Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences (D.K.L., A.S., N.S.), Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA. Search for more papers by this author , Jennifer P. WooJennifer P. Woo https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4732-0744 Department of Pediatrics-Cardiology (J.P.W.), Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA. Search for more papers by this author , Jody ShenJody Shen https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9347-7681 Department of Radiology/Cardiovascular Imaging (J.S.), Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA. Search for more papers by this author , R. Thomas CollinsR. Thomas Collins Department of Pediatrics, Division of Cardiology, University of Kentucky, Lexington (R.T.C.). Search for more papers by this author and Neil SchwartzNeil Schwartz https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5616-689X Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences (D.K.L., A.S., N.S.), Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA. Search for more papers by this author Originally published19 Sep 2023https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.123.015862Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging. 2023;16"Response by Loube et al to Letter Regarding Article “Stroke Caused by a Paradoxical Embolus From a Rare Congenital Anomaly in the Adult: Persistent Left Superior Vena Cava Draining Into the Left Upper Pulmonary Vein”." Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging, 16(9), pp. e015862FootnotesFor Disclosures, see page 773.REFERENCES1. Loube DK, Sreekrishnan A, Woo JP, Shen J, Collins RT, Schwartz N. Stroke caused by a paradoxical embolus from a rare congenital anomaly in the adult: persistent left superior vena cava draining into the left upper pulmonary vein.Circ Cardiovasc Imaging. 2023; 16:e014205. doi: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.122.014205LinkGoogle Scholar2. Auti O, Shetty V, Belaval V, Raj V. Levoatrial cardinal vein with normal left ventricle: a forgotten cause of pulmonary arterial hypertension.Indian J Radiol Imaging. 2017; 27:413–416. doi: 10.4103/ijri.IJRI_313_16CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. Bernstein HS, Moore P, Stanger P, Silverman NH. The levoatriocardinal vein: morphology and echocardiographic identification of the pulmonary—systemic connection.J Am Coll Cardiol. 1995; 26:995–1001. doi: 10.1016/0735-1097(95)00283-XCrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. Kaneda T, Onoe M, Matsuda M, Moriwaki S, Mori N. Patent levoatrial cardinal vein without left heart hypoplasia.Ann Thorac Surg. 2006; 81:740–742. doi: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2004.12.021CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar5. Genç B, Solak A, Şahin N, Gür S, Öztürk A, Kalaycioğlu S. Multidetector computed tomography findings of an asymptomatic levoatrial cardinal vein with an interatrial course.Folia Morphol. 2013; 72:274–277. doi: 10.5603/fm.2013.0045CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar Previous Back to top Next FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails September 2023Vol 16, Issue 9 Advertisement Article InformationMetrics © 2023 American Heart Association, Inc.https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.123.015862PMID: 37725668 Originally publishedSeptember 19, 2023 PDF download Advertisement