Scimitar syndrome: Incidence, treatment, and prognosis

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 167, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 155-160

  Wang, Ching Chia ^a   Wu, En Ting ^a   Chen, Shyh Jye ^a   Lu, Frank ^a   Huang, Shu Chien ^a   Wang, Jou Kou ^a   Chang, Chung I ^a   Wu, Mei Hwan ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Airway anomaly; Congenital heart disease; Pulmonary veins; Scimitar syndrome

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CHILD; COIL EMBOLIZATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LUNG RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SCIMITAR SYNDROME; TACHYPNEA;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; SCIMITAR SYNDROME; TAIWAN; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 37549017301     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-007-0441-z     Document Type: Article

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