Emergency stent implantation into obstructed inferior caval vein in a patient with heterotaxy and anomalous hepatic venous drainage

Pediatrics International

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 251-252

  Suda, Kenji ^a,b   Matsumura, Masahiko ^a   Nishimura, Kazumasa ^a  

^a TENRI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Fontan; Inferior caval vein; Stent

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CYANOSIS; FEMALE; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEPATIC VEIN; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; VEIN OCCLUSION;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; FONTAN PROCEDURE; HEPATIC VEINS; HUMANS; STENTS; VASCULAR DISEASES; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 34147108302     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2007.02323.x     Document Type: Article

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