Abstract
We report a case of anomalous pulmonary venous drainage into the inferior vena cava (scimitar syndrome) in which the hemodynamic significance was noninvasively assessed by means of velocity-encoded cine MR. Left-to-right shunt was calculated from direct blood flow measurements performed in the ascending aorta, main pulmonary artery, and aberrant pulmonary vein.
Publication types
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Case Reports
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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Review
MeSH terms
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Aged
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Female
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Hemodynamics
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Humans
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Lung / diagnostic imaging
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Lung / pathology
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine*
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Pulmonary Veins / diagnostic imaging
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Pulmonary Veins / pathology
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Pulmonary Veins / physiopathology
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Scimitar Syndrome / diagnosis*
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Scimitar Syndrome / physiopathology
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Tomography, X-Ray Computed