Anomalous bilateral single pulmonary vein demonstrated by 3-dimensional reconstruction of helical computed tomographic angiography: Case report

Canadian Association of Radiologists Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 262-265

  Hidvegi, Robert S ^a,c   Lapin, Jonathan ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Queen Elizabeth Health Complex   (Canada)

^c NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LUNG ATRESIA; MALE; PULMONARY VEIN MALFORMATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031715620     PISSN: 00082902     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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