An aberrant donor pulmonary vein during lung transplant: A surgical challenge

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 330-331

  Khasati, Noman Hasan ^a   MacHaal, Ali ^b   Thekkudan, Joyce ^b   Kumar, Somnath ^c   Yonan, Nizar ^b  

^a Depts Dept of Cardiothorac Surg   (United Kingdom)

^b Cardiac Transplant Unit   (United Kingdom)

^c South Moor Rd Wythenshawe ^*

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; END TO END ANASTOMOSIS; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HUMAN; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS, SURGICAL; ATRIAL APPENDAGE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; HUMANS; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; PULMONARY VEINS; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; VENA CAVA, SUPERIOR;

EID: 11144340476     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2003.08.073     Document Type: Article

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