Scimitar syndrome in an adult: Diagnosis and surgical treatment

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 350-351

  Kamler, Markus ^a   Kerkhoff, Gert ^b   Budde, Thomas ^b   Jakob, Heinz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b ALFRIED KRUPP KRANKENHAUS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adult congenital surgery; Partial anomalous pulmonary venous return; Scimitar syndrome; Three dimensional computed tomography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DYSPNEA; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LUNG HYPOPLASIA; OXIMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN MALFORMATION; SCIMITAR SYNDROME; STERNOTOMY; STRENGTH; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

EID: 0041384258     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1569-9293(03)00104-X     Document Type: Article

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