Morphometric assessment of the innominate vein in the prediction of persistent left superior vena cava

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 372-376

  Jureidini, S B ^a   Hormann, J W ^a   Williams, J ^a   Ferdman, B ^a   Rao, P S ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRACHIOCEPHALIC VEIN; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MORPHOMETRICS; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; VEIN MALFORMATION;

EID: 0031955957     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0894-7317(98)70105-1     Document Type: Article

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