Partial anomalous pulmonary venous return: Case report and review of the literature

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 548-552

  AboulHosn, Jamil Anis ^a   Criley, John Michael ^a   Stringer, William W ^a,b  

^a HARBOR UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dyspnea; Hypoxemia; Left to right shunt; Partial anomalous pulmonary venous return; Pulmonary blood flow; Pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ELECTRON BEAM; HEART LEFT RIGHT SHUNT; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG PRESSURE; LUNG VEIN DRAINAGE ANOMALY; MALE; OXIMETRY; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ANTICOAGULANTS; CHEST PAIN; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY CIRCULATION; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; PULMONARY VEINS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 0037381655     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.10475     Document Type: Article

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