Bicaval anastomosis in a heart transplant recipient with left superior vena cava

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 1242-1244

  Rábago, Gregorio ^a   Martín Trenor, Alejandro ^a   López Coronado, José Luis ^a   Macias, Alfonso ^a   Cosín Sales, Juan ^a   Herreros, Jesús M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CLINIC OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BICAVAL ANASTOMOSIS; BLOOD VESSEL SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CAVA VEIN DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORONARY SINUS; DISEASE COURSE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; MALE; PERSISTENT LEFT SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR; VENA CAVA, SUPERIOR;

EID: 0036799211     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(02)03817-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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