Preoperative evaluation of the trachea in a child with pulmonary artery sling using 3-dimensional computed tomographic imaging and virtual bronchoscopy

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2007, Pages e9-

  Kagadis, George C ^a   Panagiotopoulou, Eugenia C ^a   Priftis, Kostas N ^b   Vaos, George ^b   Nikiforidis, George C ^a   Anthracopoulos, Michael B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b PENTELI CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Anomalous left pulmonary artery; Multidetector CT; Pulmonary artery sling; Ring sling complex; Virtual bronchoscopy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; RADIODIAGNOSIS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TRACHEA; TRACHEA STENOSIS;

EID: 34248193432     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2007.02.005     Document Type: Article

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