CLINICAL CASE OF CORRECTION OF VENTRICULAR SEPTAL DEFECT COMBINED WITH AN ANOMALY OF THE SYSTEMIC VENOUS CONNECTION OF THE INFERIOR VENA CAVA

Abstract

Interrupted inferior vena cava is a rare condition that can occur either in isolation or in combination with asplasia or polysplasia syndromes. Abnormal development of systemic veins is closely related to atrial situs. In levocardia, there are signs of abdominal organ inversion, which is called visceral situs. The present paper describes a clinical case of a infant with a large interventricular septal defect combined with interrupted inferior vena cava with azygous continuation of visceral situs ambiguous heterotaxy. The defect plasty was performed at the operation, and the complete venous cannulation required for artificial circulation was performed by the correctly chosen method of drainage of the superior venous system - through the auricle of the right atrium and the inferior venous system - through a separate hepatic vein cannulation, with a good clinical result.