Scimitar syndrome: A rare cause of dyspnea in adults

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 103, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 578-580

  Yehia, Baligh R ^a,d   Bachmann, Justin M ^b   Traill, Thomas A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; FUROSEMIDE; METHADONE;

ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DYSPNEA; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FEMALE; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HEROIN DEPENDENCE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; SCIMITAR SYNDROME; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SCIMITAR SYNDROME; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENOUS PRESSURE; VITAL CAPACITY;

EID: 77953289238     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e3181dfd59e     Document Type: Article

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