Polish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
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Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska/Polish Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
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Letter to the Editor

Completely unroofed coronary sinus without persistent left superior vena cava: a rare entity

Marek Kardos
1
,
Fadi Sabateen
2
,
Pavel Valentik
2
,
Lucia Bobik
1
,
Matej Nosal
2, 3

  1. Department of Functional Diagnostics. Children´s Cardiac Center, Bratislava, Slovakia
  2. Department of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Children´s Cardiac Center, Bratislava, Slovakia
  3. Faculty of Medicine, Slovak Medical University, Bratislava, Slovakia
Kardiochirurgia i Torakochirurgia Polska 2025; 22 (4): 310-311
Online publish date: 2025/12/30
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3. Ootaki Y, Yamaguchi M, Yoshimura N, Oka S, Yoshida M, Hasegawa T. Unroofed coronary sinus syndrome: diagnosis, classification, and surgical treatment. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2003; 126: 1655-1656.
4. Adatia I, Gittenberger-de Groot AC. Unroofed coronary sinus and coronary sinus orifice atresia: implications for management of complex congenital heart disease. J Am Coll Cardiol 1995; 25: 948-953.
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