Resection of abdominal aortic aneurysm in a patient with left-sided inferior vena cava and horseshoe kidney

Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 421-424

  Sonneveld, D J A ^a   Van Dop, H R ^a   Van Der Tol, A ^a  

^a MARTINI HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aortic aneurysm, abdominal surgery; Kidney abnormalities; Vena cava inferior, abnormalities

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HORSESHOE KIDNEY; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ABNORMALITIES, MULTIPLE; AORTIC ANEURYSM, ABDOMINAL; HUMANS; KIDNEY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 0032999974     PISSN: 00219509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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