Transesophageal echocardiography: Unusual case of anomalous pulmonary venous connection to the azygos vein

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 738-744

  Ammash, Naser M ^a   Connolly, Heidi M ^a   Julsrud, Paul R ^a   Seward, James B ^a   Danielson, Gordon K ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; AZYGOS VEIN; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LESIONS AND DEFECTS; LUNG; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEIN; RADIOGRAPHY; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VASCULARIZATION;

ANGIOGRAPHY; AZYGOS VEIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VENA CAVA, SUPERIOR;

EID: 0031225824     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0894-7317(97)70117-2     Document Type: Article

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