Digital subtraction angiography, magnetic resonance imaging and echocardiographic findings in patients with an anomalous subaortic left brachiocephalic vein

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 172-177

  Nii, Masaki ^a   Matsuoka, Suguru ^a   Mori, Kazuhiro ^a   Hayabuchi, Yasunobu ^a   Tatara, Katsuyoshi ^a   Kuroda, Yasuhiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anomalous subaortic left brachiocephalic vein; Digital subtraction angiography; Doppler echocardiography; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

EID: 0004482250     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1047951100009422     Document Type: Article

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