Approach to dextrocardia in adults: Review

American Journal of Roentgenology

Volumn 188, Issue 6 SUPPL., 2007, Pages

  Maldjian, Pierre D ^a   Saric, Muhamed ^a  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac imaging; Cardiopulmonary imaging; Dextrocardia

Indexed keywords

ACCESSORY SPLEEN; ADULT; ANATOMICAL VARIATION; ASPLENIA; AZYGOS VEIN; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; D LOOP VENTRICLE; DEXTROCARDIA; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GREAT VESSELS TRANSPOSITION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART DEVELOPMENT; HEART DISEASE; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HETEROTAXY SYNDROME; HUMAN; IMMOTILE CILIA SYNDROME; INCIDENCE; INFUNDIBULUM; L LOOP VENTRICLE; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY VALVE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SITUS INVERSUS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; DEXTROCARDIA; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 34249705806     PISSN: 0361803X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2214/AJR.06.1179     Document Type: Review

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