Absent right superior vena cava in visceroatrial situs solitus

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 175-183

  Bartram, Ulrike ^b   Van Praagh, Stella ^a   Levine, Jami C ^b   Hines, Michael ^b   Bensky, Andrew S ^b   Van Praagh, Richard ^b  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; SURGICAL ANATOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; ADOLESCENT; AGED; ARRHYTHMIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VENA CAVA, SUPERIOR;

EID: 0030835712     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(97)00314-7     Document Type: Article

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