May-Thurner syndrome: A vascular abnormality encountered during electrophysiologic study

PACE - Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1310-1311

  Billakanty, Sreedhar ^a   Burket, Mark W ^a   Grubb, Blair P ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE OF OHIO   (United States)

Author keywords

May Thurner syndrome; Vascular anomaly

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; FEMALE; HEART ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; HUMAN; ILIAC VEIN; LEG EDEMA; LEG PAIN; MAY THURNER SYNDROME; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHLEBOGRAPHY; REVIEW; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; THIRD TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; VEIN OCCLUSION;

ADULT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILIAC VEIN; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASES; PHLEBOGRAPHY; RARE DISEASES; SYNDROME; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 33750717839     PISSN: 01478389     EISSN: 15408159     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.2006.00538.x     Document Type: Review

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