The dilated coronary sinus: Utility of coronary sinus cross-sectional area and eccentricity index in differentiating right atrial pressure overload from persistent left superior vena cava

Echocardiography

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 829-832

  Kolski, Brian C ^a,b   Khadivi, Bahram ^a,b   Anawati, Mirielle ^a,b   Daniels, Lori B ^a,b   Demaria, Anthony N ^a,b   Blanchard, Daniel G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

coronary sinus; echocardiography; persistent left superior vena cava; pulmonary hypertension

Indexed keywords

SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY SINUS; CORONARY SINUS DILATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART DILATATION; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM PRESSURE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OVERLOAD; HEART VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN;

ATRIAL FUNCTION, RIGHT; CORONARY SINUS; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; VENA CAVA, SUPERIOR;

EID: 81155159658     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2011.01445.x     Document Type: Article

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