Left superior vena cava: A vascular abnormality discovered following pulmonary artery catheterization

Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 626-628

  Menendez B ^a,b   Garcia Del Valle S ^a   Marcos, R C ^a   Azofra, J ^a   Gomez Arnau, J ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO PUERTA DE HIERRO   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

EQUIPMENT: catheters, pulmonary artery, Swan Ganz; HEART: congenital

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY DISEASE; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN OBSTRUCTION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 9544249345     PISSN: 0832610X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03011777     Document Type: Article

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