CT appearances of congential and acquired abnormalities of the superior vena cava

Clinical Radiology

Volumn 62, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 837-842

  Burney, K ^a   Young, H ^b   Barnard, S A ^c   McCoubrie, P ^d   Darby, M ^d  

^a SOUTHAMPTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b BRISTOL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^c MIDDLEMORE HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^d SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER INVASION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INCIDENTAL FINDING; INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY; PARTIAL ANOMALOUS PULMONARY VENOUS RETURN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STENT; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN OBSTRUCTION; TOTAL ANOMALOUS PULMONARY VENOUS RETURN; VEIN EMBOLISM; VEIN MALFORMATION;

HUMANS; SUPERIOR VENA CAVA SYNDROME; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENA CAVA, SUPERIOR;

EID: 34547117161     PISSN: 00099260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2007.04.001     Document Type: Review

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