Congenital communication of a retroaortic innominate vein with both the left and right atria in the presence of a normal coronary sinus

Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 823-826

  Townsend, Mark D ^a   Jonas, Richard A ^a   Moskowitz, William B ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary sinus; Left superior vena cava; Retro aortic innominate vein; Right to left shunt

Indexed keywords

NITRIC OXIDE;

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL SHUNT; BRACHIOCEPHALIC VEIN; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY SINUS; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; INTENSIVE CARE; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; OSCILLATOR; OXYGEN SATURATION; PNEUMONIA; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VASCULAR SURGERY;

BRACHIOCEPHALIC VEINS; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHILD; CORONARY SINUS; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; VASCULAR MALFORMATIONS; VENA CAVA, SUPERIOR;

EID: 46749138770     PISSN: 01720643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00246-007-9195-7     Document Type: Article

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