Treatment of symptomatic vascular rings in the elderly

Texas Heart Institute Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 411-415

  Hardin, Rosemarie E ^a   Brevetti, Gregory R ^a   Sanusi, Michael ^a   Bhaskaran, Dinesh ^a   Burack, Joshua H ^a   Genovesi, Mark H ^a   Lowery, Robert C ^a   Rafii, Shahrokh ^b   Bondi, Elliot ^b  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BROOKDALE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Airway obstruction diagnosis; Brachiocephalic trunk abnormalities; Diagnosis, differential; Dyspnea etiology; Tracheal diseases diagnosis; Tracheomalacia; Vascular ring

Indexed keywords

AGED; BRACHIOCEPHALIC TRUNK; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MORBID OBESITY; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; REVIEW; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROME; STERNOTOMY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VASCULAR RING;

AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTA, THORACIC; BRACHIOCEPHALIC TRUNK; BRONCHOSCOPY; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRACHEA; VASCULAR DISEASES; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 24944468850     PISSN: 07302347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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