Isolated and complex scimitar vein anomalies and their differentiation from the meandering right pulmonary vein

Yonsei Medical Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 973-980

  Lee, Meng Luen ^a  

^a CHANGHUA CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bronchopulmonary; Cardiovascular; Heterotaxy; Malformation; Right atrial isomerism; Scimitar vein anomaly

Indexed keywords

ARTERY LIGATION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRONCHUS STENOSIS; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CYANOSIS; DEXTROCARDIA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LOBECTOMY; LUNG INFECTION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; PULMONARY VEIN MALFORMATION; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SCIMITAR SYNDROME; SEPSIS; SHUNTING; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEIN DISEASE;

ANGIOGRAPHY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PULMONARY VEINS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCIMITAR SYNDROME; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 38049161972     PISSN: 05135796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3349/ymj.2007.48.6.973     Document Type: Article

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