Right aortic arch, right ligamentum, absent left pulmonary artery: A rare vascular ring

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1472-1474

  Dodge Khatami, Ali ^a   Backer, Carl L ^a,b   Dunham, Michael E ^a   Mavroudis, Constantine ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRONCHODILATING AGENT;

ACUTE RESPIRATORY FAILURE; AORTA ARCH; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; BRONCHUS OBSTRUCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR MALFORMATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY MALFORMATION; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AORTA, THORACIC; BRONCHIAL DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; PULMONARY ARTERY; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 0032990541     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(99)00189-7     Document Type: Article

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