Left-sided inferior vena cava. Report of a case occasionally encountered while performing an aorto bifemoral bypass and review of the literature

Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 489-493

  Rispoli, P ^a,b   Raso, A M ^a   Trogolo, M ^a   Maggio, D ^a   Bellan, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b MOLINETTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aortic diseases surgery; Leriche's syndrome surgery; Thrombosis surgery; Vena cava inferior, abnormalities

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTA; ARTICLE; BYPASS SURGERY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; FEMORAL ARTERY; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; LERICHE SYNDROME; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION;

AGED; AORTA, ABDOMINAL; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; ILIAC ARTERY; LERICHE'S SYNDROME; MALE; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 0030812689     PISSN: 00219509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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