Meandering right pulmonary vein to the left atrium and inferior vena cava: The first case with associated anomalies

Texas Heart Institute Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 319-323

  Tortoriello, Tia A ^a,b   Vick III, Wesley G ^a   Chung, Taylor ^a   Bezold, Louis I ^a   Vincent, Julie A ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Heart defects, congenital diagnosis; Magnetic resonance angiography; Magnetic resonance imaging, cine; Pulmonary veins, meandering; Pulmonary veins abnormalities; Scimitar syndrome diagnosis; Scimitar syndrome radiography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PULMONARY ARTERY MALFORMATION; SCIMITAR SYNDROME;

CHILD; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PULMONARY VEINS; SCIMITAR SYNDROME; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 0036453442     PISSN: 07302347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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