Congenital atresia of unilateral pulmonary veins associated with a single ventricle - A rare case report and literature review

Circulation Journal

Volumn 72, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1544-1546

  Lee, Hsing Yuan ^a,d,f   Hwang, Betau ^c,e   Lee, Pi Chang ^b,c   Jan, Sheng Ling ^d   Meng, C C Laura ^b,c  

^a TAOYUAN ARMED FORCES GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e TAIPEI CITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^f NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Congenital heart disease; Pulmonary vein atresia; Single ventricle

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR AGENT; CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ARTICLE; ATRESIA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CYANOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOPLASIA; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG ARTERY BANDING; LUNG EDEMA; MALE; MITRAL VALVE ATRESIA; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; PEDIATRIC CARDIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLEURA EFFUSION; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; PULMONARY VEIN MALFORMATION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SYSTOLIC HEART MURMUR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

FATAL OUTCOME; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PULMONARY ATRESIA; PULMONARY VEINS;

EID: 50449090125     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.CJ-07-0516     Document Type: Article

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