Circumaortic Renal Vein Remodeling Following Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair

Merlyn Varghese; Anish Tayal; Madeline Drake; Ponraj Chinnadurai; Dora Z. Zatyko; Alan B. Lumsden

doi:10.14797/mdcvj.1857

Circumaortic Renal Vein Remodeling Following Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair

Merlyn Varghese, Anish Tayal, Madeline Drake, Ponraj Chinnadurai, Dora Z. Zatyko, Alan B. Lumsden

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Abstract

A circumaortic renal vein is a congenital vascular anomaly involving an additional renal vein that traverses posterior to the aorta in addition to the normal renal vein traversing anterior to the aorta.^1,2 In aortic surgery, it is common to ligate the left renal vein (LRV) to aid in surgical exposure, which is typically inconsequential due to collateral venous channels. We report a case of a circumaortic LRV with the preaortic branch ligated during abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) surgery and, as a result, retroaortic LRV hypertrophy was observed during follow-up.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	57-60
Number of pages	4
Journal	Methodist DeBakey cardiovascular journal
Volume	22
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.14797/mdcvj.1857
State	Published - Jul 30 2026

Keywords

aortic aneurysm
circumaortic renal vein
open surgery
retroperitoneal surgery
variant

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Surgery
Medicine (miscellaneous)
Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

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