Right heart failure due to an unroofed coronary sinus in an adult

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 248-249

  Kuhn A ^a   Hauser, M ^a   Eicken, A ^a   Vogt, M ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Left persistent vena cava superior; Transesophageal echocardiography; Unroofed coronary sinus

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CORONARY SINUS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; UNROOFED CORONARY SINUS SYNDROME;

AGED; CORONARY VESSEL ANOMALIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MALE; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 33750471181     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2005.08.059     Document Type: Article

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