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

Ahmed Elborae; Ramy Doss; Mahmoud Shaaban; Ahmed A. Elkhouly; Mohamed Abdullah; Khalid Sorour

doi:10.21542/GCSP.2020.33

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

Ahmed Elborae
, Ramy Doss
, Mahmoud Shaaban
, Ahmed A. Elkhouly
, Mohamed Abdullah
, Khalid Sorour

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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.

Original language	English
Article number	33
Journal	Global Cardiology Science and Practice
Volume	2020
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.21542/GCSP.2020.33
State	Published - 2020
Externally published	Yes

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