A case series of five infants with scimitar syndrome

Advances in Neonatal Care

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 121-132

  Mordue, Barbara C ^a,b  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dextrocardia; Heart defects; Hypoplastic lung; Partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection; Pulmonary hypertension; Respiratory system abnormalities; Scimitar syndrome

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL ANGIOPLASTY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SCIMITAR SYNDROME; STENT; STOMACH FUNDOPLICATION; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CASE REPORT; CHILD; FATALITY; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN NURSING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEONATAL NURSING; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; SCIMITAR SYNDROME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0042968979     PISSN: 15360903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1536-0903(03)00106-1     Document Type: Article

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