Anomalous connection of the inferior vena cava to the left atrium: A surgical error in closing an atrial septal defect

Clinical Research in Cardiology

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 191-193

  Beitzke, D ^a   Koestenberger, M ^a   Knez, I ^a   Beitzke, A ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b Universitatsklinik fur Kinder und Jugendheilkunde Graz   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYANOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG VASCULAR RESISTANCE; MALE; OXYGEN SATURATION; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; REOPERATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL ERROR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHILD; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; REOPERATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 44349186880     PISSN: 18610684     EISSN: 18610692     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00392-007-0628-3     Document Type: Article

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