Management of azygos vein "steal" following Hemi-Fontan by transcatheter coil embolization

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 403-406

  Vance, Michael S ^a   Cohen, Mark H ^a  

^a GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Congenital heart disease; Cyanosis; Hypoplastic left heart syndrome; Interventional cardiology

Indexed keywords

ARTERY STEAL SYNDROME; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; AZYGOS VEIN; CASE REPORT; CYANOSIS; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOPLASTIC LEFT HEART SYNDROME; INFANT; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AZYGOS VEIN; CATHETERIZATION, PERIPHERAL; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HUMANS; INFANT; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 0030460311     PISSN: 00986569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0304(199612)39:4<403::aid-ccd17>3.0.co;2-d     Document Type: Article

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