Late detection of inferior vena cava draining into the left atrium after surgical closure of atrial septal defect;Decouverte tardive d'une derivation de la veine cave inferieure dans l'oreillette gauche apres fermeture chirurgicale d'une communication interauriculaire

Archives des Maladies du Coeur et des Vaisseaux

Volumn 90, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 991-994

  Munet, M ^a   Gayet, C ^a   Buttard, P ^a   Ninet, J ^b   Chapon, P ^a   Tremeau, G ^a   Grange, H ^c   Milon, H ^a  

^a CROIX ROUSSE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Serv de Chir Thoracique   (France)

^c NONE   (France)

Author keywords

Chirurgie; Communication interauriculaire; Cyanose; Shunt droit gauche

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CASE REPORT; CYANOSIS; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART RIGHT LEFT SHUNT; HUMAN; HYPEROXIA; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; HEART ATRIUM; HEART SEPTUM DEFECT; IATROGENIC DISEASE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OXIMETRY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; THORAX SURGERY;

CYANOSIS; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; OXIMETRY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; THORACIC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 0031179430     PISSN: 00039683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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