Surgical management of superior vena caval syndrome in sarcoidosis

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 66, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 946-948

  Narayan, Deepak ^a   Brown, Louis ^a   Thayer, John O ^a,b  

^a SAINT FRANCIS HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SALBUTAMOL; SIMVASTATIN; THEOPHYLLINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARCOIDOSIS; STERNOTOMY; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN SYNDROME; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

CARDIOMYOPATHIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SARCOIDOSIS; SUPERIOR VENA CAVA SYNDROME;

EID: 0032167417     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(98)00564-5     Document Type: Article

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