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Abstract
Finding of the SUPERIOR VENA CAVA on the left instead of the usual right side of the ASCENDING AORTA. In bilateral superior vena cava it is found on both sides.
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- Left Sided Superior Vena Cava
- Left-Sided Superior Vena Cava
- PLSVC
- Persistent LSVC
- LSVC, Persistent
- Bilateral SVC
- Bilateral Superior Caval Veins
- Bilateral Superior Vena Cava
- SVC Duplication
- Superior Vena Caval Duplication
- SVC Duplications
- SVC, Bilateral
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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2021
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- Vascular Malformations (1963-2020)
- Vena Cava, Superior (1963-2020)
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Persistent Left Superior Vena Cava. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000083402. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000083402
- Persistent Left Superior Vena Cava. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persistent_left_superior_vena_cava
- Persistent Left Superior Vena Cava. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4009452