Anatomy of a wrong diagnosis: False Sinus Venosus Atrial Septal Defect

Cardiovascular Ultrasound

Volumn 1, Issue , 2003, Pages 1-5

  Gaibazzi, Nicola ^a   Montresor, Graziano ^a   Poeta, Maria Luisa ^a  

^a Osp Civ Desenzano Garda Desenzano   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAVA VEIN; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; SINUS VENOSUS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART SEPTUM DEFECT; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; METHODOLOGY;

ADULT; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FEMALE; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HUMANS;

EID: 3042596574     PISSN: 14767120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-7120-1-1     Document Type: Article

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