Anomalous subaortic left brachiocephalic vein in surgical cases and literature review

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 950-955

  Nagashima, Mitsugi ^a   Shikata, Fumiaki ^a   Okamura, Toru ^a   Yamamoto, Eiichi ^a   Higaki, Takashi ^a   Kawamura, Masashi ^a   Ryugo, Masahiro ^a   Izutani, Hironori ^a   Imagawa, Hiroshi ^a   Uchita, Shunji ^b   Okamura, Yoshitaka ^b   Suzuki, Hiroyuki ^b   Nakamura, Yoshitsugu ^c   Tagusari, Osamu ^c   Kawachi, Kanji ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b WAKAYAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation Medical Center Tokyo   (Japan)

Author keywords

anomalous subaortic left brachiocephalic vein; aortic arch anomalies; conotruncal cardiac anomalies

Indexed keywords

ANOMALOUS SUBAORTIC LEFT BRACHIOCEPHALIC VEIN; AORTA ARCH; AORTA ARCH ANOMALY; ARTERIAL TRUNK; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; BRACHIOCEPHALIC VEIN; CHROMOSOME 22Q; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGEORGE SYNDROME; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FALLOT TETRALOGY; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY VALVE ATRESIA; VEIN MALFORMATION;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA, THORACIC; BRACHIOCEPHALIC VEINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 78349253900     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: 10982353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.21046     Document Type: Article

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