Varicose pericardial vein: An unusual cause of right paracardiac opacity

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 448-449

  Pop, Daniel ^a   Venissac, Nicolas ^a   Leo, Francesco ^a   Ducreux, Dorothé ^a   Padovani, Bernard ^a   Mouroux, Jérôme ^a  

^a PASTEUR HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAPHRAGM; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; HEMATOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN OBSTRUCTION; MALE; PERICARDIAL VEIN; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORACOSCOPY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VARICOSE PERICARDIAL VEIN; VARICOSIS; VIDEORECORDING;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAPHRAGM; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINAL CYST; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIUM; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VARICOSE VEINS; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 12844283238     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2004.05.027     Document Type: Article

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