Open AccessMediastinal lung herniation in an adult patient with Scimitar syndrome
Author(s) -
Sait Demirkol,
Uğur Bozlar,
Şevket Balta,
Murat Ünlü,
Turgay Celık
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
european heart journal - cardiovascular imaging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.576
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2047-2412
pISSN - 2047-2404
DOI - 10.1093/ehjci/jet023
Subject(s) - medicine , scimitar syndrome , lung , radiology
A 26-year-old man was referred to our outpatient clinic with dyspnoea on exertion. He had a history of bronchial asthma and smoking. Chest X-ray was unremarkable. Transthoracic echocardiography showed slightly dilated right-sided cardiac chambers. We performed two-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography (2D TEE) and computed tomography (CT). 2D TEE showed that inferior vena cava (IVC) was larger than …
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