Persistent left superior vena cava and partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection: Incidental diagnosis by transesophageal echocardiography during coronary artery bypass surgery

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 682-685

  Garduno, C ^b   Chew, S ^b   Forbess, J ^b   Smith, P K ^b   Grocott, H P ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; CASE REPORT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS SURGERY; CORONARY SINUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE DISPLAY; PULMONARY VEIN MALFORMATION; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VENOUS RETURN;

EID: 0032793554     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/je.1999.v12.a98795     Document Type: Conference Paper

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