Systemic to pulmonary venous communication (right-to-left shunt) in superior vena cava obstruction demonstrated by spiral CT

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 72, Issue JUL., 1999, Pages 712-713

  Ho, H T ^a   Horowitz, A L ^a   Ho, A C ^b  

^a RESURRECTION MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IOVERSOL; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATELECTASIS; CASE REPORT; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; PULMONARY VEIN; PULMONARY VEIN MALFORMATION; SHUNTING; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN OBSTRUCTION; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0032764576     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr.72.859.10624332     Document Type: Article

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