COMPRESSION OF THE PULMONARY VEINS BY THE DESCENDING AORTA IN PATIENTS CORRECTED SURGICALLY BY THE FONTAN PROCEDURE

Authors
KAWAHIRA Y KADOBA K MATSUDA H
Citation
Y. Kawahira et al., COMPRESSION OF THE PULMONARY VEINS BY THE DESCENDING AORTA IN PATIENTS CORRECTED SURGICALLY BY THE FONTAN PROCEDURE, Cardiology in the young, 8(1), 1998, pp. 86-89
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics,"Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
Cardiology in the young → ACNP
ISSN journal
10479511
Volume
8
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
86 - 89
Database
ISI
SICI code
1047-9511(1998)8:1<86:COTPVB>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
We describe 4 patients in whom the pulmonary veins were compressed bet ween the descending aorta and the atrial part of the heart in conseque nce of an abnormal distribution of the pulmonary blood flow after the Fontan procedure.