Cardiovascular Anomalies - Image 7

Left cranial vena cava (yellow asterisk) in a cat. This small vessel is a persistent left precardinal vein. It is joined to a larger normal (right) cranial vena cava (1). Other labeled structures are: aorta (2), esophagus (3), left subclavian a. (black asterisk), brachiocephalic a. (blue asterisk), phrenic n. (vertical arrow) and vagus n. (diagonal arrow).