Severe pulmonary hypertension secondary to a parachute-like mitral valve, with the left superior caval vein draining into the coronary sinus, in a girl with Turner's syndrome

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 364-366

  van Heerde, Marc ^a   Hruda, Jaroslav ^a   Hazekamp, Mark G ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Left superior vena cava; Mitral valve; XO syndrome

Indexed keywords

ENALAPRIL; FUROSEMIDE; SPIRONOLACTONE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CARDIOMEGALY; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY SINUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RECURRENT DISEASE; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TURNER SYNDROME; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CORONARY VESSEL MALFORMATION; MITRAL VALVE;

ADOLESCENT; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MITRAL VALVE; TURNER SYNDROME; VENA CAVA, SUPERIOR;

EID: 2142759576     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: 14671107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1047951103000738     Document Type: Article

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