Operative technique for persistent left superior vena cava draining into the left atrium

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1188-1190

  Komai, Hiroyoshi ^a   Naito, Yasuaki ^a   Fujiwara, Keiichi ^a  

^a WAKAYAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTOGRAFT; CARDIOPLEGIA; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; PERICARDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STERNOTOMY; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; VEIN MALFORMATION;

EID: 0030272709     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0003-4975(96)00362-1     Document Type: Article

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