Partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection with accessory pulmonary veins
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Partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection.
perlipidaemic with a positive family history for coronary artery disease (father) and diabetes mellitus (mother) was investigated for chest pain. The clinical examination gave no clear pathological findings. The ECG was normal. Blood biochemistry confirmed the reported hyperlipidaemia. The transthoracic echocardiogram showed a small dilatation of the right cardiac cavities. There was no atrial ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Cardiovascular Journal of Africa
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1995-1892,1680-0745
DOI: 10.5830/cvja-2017-022