DIAGNOSIS OF PULMONARY VEIN VARIX BY TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY

Authors
TOHER C KRUG H ARCHER SL
Citation
C. Toher et al., DIAGNOSIS OF PULMONARY VEIN VARIX BY TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, Chest, 103(6), 1993, pp. 1901-1903
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Respiratory System
Journal title
Chest → ACNP
ISSN journal
00123692
Volume
103
Issue
6
Year of publication
1993
Pages
1901 - 1903
Database
ISI
SICI code
0012-3692(1993)103:6<1901:DOPVVB>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
A pulmonary vein varix is a localized dilatation of a pulmonary vein t hat usually is asymptomatic, presenting as a mass on a chest roentgeno gram. Pulmonary angiography has been the mainstay of diagnosis. This c ase is the first in which transesophageal echocardiography was used to diagnose pulmonary vein varix.