Echocardiography of the inferior vena cava, superior vena cava, and coronary sinus in right heart failure

Echocardiography

Volumn 15, Issue 8 PART I, 1998, Pages 787-794

  Shala, M Bashar A ^a   D'Cruz, Ivan A ^a,b   Johns, Cameila ^a   Kaiser, Jackie ^a   Clark, Regenia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Congestive heart failure; Coronary sinus; Inferior vena cava; Superior vena cava; Systemic venous congestion

Indexed keywords

ANATOMY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORONARY SINUS; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VEIN BLOOD FLOW; VEIN COMPLIANCE; VEIN DILATATION;

EID: 0031678867     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.1998.tb00681.x     Document Type: Article

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