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dc.contributor.author | Grech, Victor E. | |
dc.contributor.author | Xuereb, R. | |
dc.contributor.author | Xuereb, M. | |
dc.contributor.author | Manche, Alexander | |
dc.contributor.author | Schembri, K. | |
dc.contributor.author | DeGiovanni, Joseph V. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-07-10T06:56:24Z | |
dc.date.available | 2015-07-10T06:56:24Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2003 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Images in Paediatric Cardiology. 2003, Vol.5(3), p. 49-62 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.uri | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/3953 | |
dc.description.abstract | Scimitar syndrome is a form of partial anomalous pulmonary venous drainage that is dramatically visible on plain chest radiography (CXR). In these individuals the entire venous drainage from the right lung enters a single anomalous large vein that descends to the inferior vena cava. This descending vein is visible on CXR as a curvilinear density along the right heart border and resembles the curved Turkish sword that gives the condition its name. Scimitar syndrome forms part of the large spectrum of associated conditions known as venolobar syndrome. These include right lung hypoplasia or sequestered segments of right lung, congenital heart disease and various others. We report the case of a young woman who presented incidentally, with a murmur, at 16 years of age. Full investigation including angiography showed a large atrial septal defect with right heart dilation and scimitar syndrome. She underwent surgical correction with uneventful and complete correction by baffling of the scimitar vein from its entry into the inferior vena to the left atrium through the enlarged atrial septal defect. | en_GB |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | Images in Paediatric Cardiology | en_GB |
dc.rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess | en_GB |
dc.subject | Heart defects, Congenital | en_GB |
dc.title | Late presentation and successful treatment of classical scimitar syndrome | en_GB |
dc.type | article | en_GB |
dc.rights.holder | The copyright of this work belongs to the author(s)/publisher. The rights of this work are as defined by the appropriate Copyright Legislation or as modified by any successive legislation. Users may access this work and can make use of the information contained in accordance with the Copyright Legislation provided that the author must be properly acknowledged. Further distribution or reproduction in any format is prohibited without the prior permission of the copyright holder. | en_GB |
dc.description.reviewed | peer-reviewed | en_GB |
Appears in Collections: | IPC, Volume 5, Issue 3 IPC, Volume 5, Issue 3 |
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