Chiari's network: Review of the literature

Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 895-901

  Loukas, Marios ^a   Sullivan, Ashley ^a   Tubbs, R Shane ^b   Weinhaus, Anthony J ^c   DerDerian, Trevor ^a   Hanna, Michael ^a  

^a St George's University   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Catheter entrapment; Chiari's network; Eustachian valve; Heart anatomy; Sinus venosus; Thromboembolic disease

Indexed keywords

ANATOMICAL VARIATION; AUTOPSY; CHIARI NETWORK; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENDOCARDITIS; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART CATHETER; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART VALVE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN VALVE; PATHOGENESIS; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SINUS VENOSUS; THROMBOEMBOLISM; HEART ATRIUM; HISTOLOGY; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; NOMENCLATURE; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN;

HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR; VENA CAVA, SUPERIOR;

EID: 79952682083     PISSN: 09301038     EISSN: 12798517     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00276-010-0639-z     Document Type: Review

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