Cyanosis Produced By Superior Vena Caval Stenosis

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1083-1085

  Kogon, Brian E ^a   Plattner, Courtney ^a   Jennings, Staci ^b   Lyle, Teresa ^b   McConnell, Michael ^b   Book, Wendy M ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CYANOSIS; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FATIGUE; HUMAN; MALE; OXYGEN SATURATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN OBSTRUCTION;

AGED; CYANOSIS; HUMANS; MALE; SUPERIOR VENA CAVA SYNDROME;

EID: 39149088958     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.09.034     Document Type: Article

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