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Simple, well tolerated and effective anticoagulation is possible with dalteparin in TEE-guided CV. Due to the methodic limitations of a cohort study and the low incidence of emboli, the efficacy of dalteparin in this indication needs to be further confirmed by prospective and randomized studies.

Congenital anomalies of the systemic veins in adults are often discovered incidentally, because they are usually asymptomatic. They may cause diagnostic and therapeutic difficulties in cardiology, phlebology and surgery. These anomalies may increase the risk of thrombotic and thrombembolic events. Together with polysplenia and situs inversus they are phenotypical components of heterotaxia. They may have various clinical consequences and may occur spontaneously or may be familial.