Coil occlusion of aortopulmonary collateral arteries in an infant with scimitar syndrome

Japanese Circulation Journal

Volumn 63, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 729-731

  Muta, Hiromi ^a   Akagi, Teiji ^a,b   Iemura, Motofumi ^a   Kato, Hirohisa ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KURUME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Coil occlusion; Interventional catheterization; Pulmonary hypertension; Scimitar syndrome

Indexed keywords

ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTERY MALFORMATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SCIMITAR SYNDROME; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; INFANT; METHODS; PULMONARY ARTERY; SCIMITAR SYNDROME;

EID: 0032861905     PISSN: 00471828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/jcj.63.729     Document Type: Article

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