Absent right and persistent left superior vena cava

Acta Cardiologica

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 421-423

  Vydt, Tom ^a   Cools, Frank J C ^a   Rademakers, Frank E ^b  

^a Algemeen Ziekenhuis Klina   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Congenital; Persistent left superior vena cava

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BISOPROLOL; CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CORONARY SINUS; CORONARY VESSEL MALFORMATION; DEFIBRILLATION; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHLEBOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN MALFORMATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VEIN MALFORMATION;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHLEBOGRAPHY; VENA CAVA, SUPERIOR;

EID: 0142058231     PISSN: 00015385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2143/AC.58.5.2005307     Document Type: Article

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