Persistent left superior vena cava draining to left atrium with normal coronary sinus

Japanese Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 46-48

  Kato, Yasuyuki ^a,b   Miyamoto, Satoru ^a   Minamimura, Hirokazu ^a   Ishikawa, Takumi ^a   Ohue, Kensuke ^a   Shimizu, Yoshihiro ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Congenital heart disease; Coronary sinus; Persistent left superior vena cava

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANNULOPLASTY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CARDIOMEGALY; CASE REPORT; CORONARY SINUS; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LUNG CONGESTION; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PERSISTENT LEFT SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; VEIN MALFORMATION;

EID: 14544267748     PISSN: 13444964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11748-005-1009-3     Document Type: Article

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