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Why Preoperative Diagnosis of LSVC is Important in Cardiac Surgery
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Piedmont's Marcus Heart Valve Center
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Venkateshwar Polsani
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Piedmont's Marcus Heart Valve Center
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Venkateshwar Polsani
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June 21, 2016
The Marcus Heart Valve Center team discusses the case of a 51-year-old patient with severe ...
read more ↘ mitral regurgitation and a rare vascular anomaly. “What we found interesting in this patient was that an angiogram showed no right superior vena cava and the left superior vena cava was draining into the coronary sinus,” says cardiac imaging specialist Dr. Venkat Polsani. Cardiac surgeon Dr. Fred Milla then explains how he approached the mitral repair surgery. Concludes cardiologist Dr. Randy Martin: “This is a great example of how excellence in imaging helps excellence in surgery, and helps the patient have a good outcome.”
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read more ↘ mitral regurgitation and a rare vascular anomaly. “What we found interesting in this patient was that an angiogram showed no right superior vena cava and the left superior vena cava was draining into the coronary sinus,” says cardiac imaging specialist Dr. Venkat Polsani. Cardiac surgeon Dr. Fred Milla then explains how he approached the mitral repair surgery. Concludes cardiologist Dr. Randy Martin: “This is a great example of how excellence in imaging helps excellence in surgery, and helps the patient have a good outcome.”
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