Diagnosis of a persistent coronary fistula after ventricular septal defect patch closure

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 573-575

  Scott, Craig H ^a,b   Ferrari, Victor A ^a,b   Mittal, Suneet ^a   St John Sutton, Martin G ^a  

^a Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania ^*

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY BLOOD VESSEL; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FISTULA; HEART INJURY; HEART VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; STAB WOUND; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; CORONARY VESSELS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FISTULA; HEART INJURIES; HEART SEPTUM; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; WOUNDS, STAB;

EID: 0031159122     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0894-7317(97)70013-0     Document Type: Article

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