Three-Dimensional Computed Tomography Showing Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection Complicated by the Scimitar Syndrome | Zendy

Teruo Inoue | Zendy; Michiko Ichihara | Zendy; Toshihiko Uchida | Zendy; Yoshihiko Sakai | Zendy; Terumi Hayashi | Zendy; Shigenori Morooka | Zendy

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Three-Dimensional Computed Tomography Showing Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection Complicated by the Scimitar Syndrome

Author(s) -

Teruo Inoue,

Michiko Ichihara,

Toshihiko Uchida,

Yoshihiko Sakai,

Terumi Hayashi,

Shigenori Morooka

Publication year - 2002

Publication title -

circulation

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795

H-Index - 607

eISSN - 1524-4539

pISSN - 0009-7322

DOI - 10.1161/hc0502.101512

Subject(s) - medicine , scimitar syndrome , asymptomatic , computed tomography , respiratory medicine , general hospital , cardiology , radiology , general surgery , surgery , inferior vena cava

The patient is a 41-year-old woman who was referred to our hospital because of an abnormal chest radiograph. On admission, she was asymptomatic, but her cardiac silhouette was shifted to the right on chest radiograph. From contrast-enhanced chest computed tomography (CT), we suspected that the right upper pulmonary vein connected to the inferior vena …

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