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Nonsurgical extracardiac vascular shunts in the thorax: clinical and imaging characteristics.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20622190     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Extracardiac nonsurgical vascular shunts in the thorax are a group of well-recognized heterogeneous conditions, frequently symptomatic, in which there is diversion of blood flow from one vessel to another or from a vessel to a cardiac chamber. The authors describe and classify many of these nonsurgical extracardiac shunts or fistulas according to their source and endpoint (eg, systemic-to-systemic, systemic-to-pulmonic, pulmonic-to-systemic, and pulmonic-to-pulmonic) and to whether the oxygenated blood mixes with deoxygenated systemic venous flow (left-to-right shunts), deoxygenated blood bypasses the pulmonary capillary bed (right-to-left shunts), or oxygenated blood recirculates (left-to-left shunts). Clinical manifestations and imaging appearances of these conditions are highlighted.
Authors:
Santiago Martinez-Jimenez; Laura E Heyneman; H Page McAdams; Dany Jasinowodolinski; Santiago E Rossi; Carlos S Restrepo; Lacey Washington
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article     Date:  2010-07-09
Journal Detail:
Title:  Radiographics : a review publication of the Radiological Society of North America, Inc     Volume:  30     ISSN:  1527-1323     ISO Abbreviation:  Radiographics     Publication Date:  2010 Sep 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-09-13     Completed Date:  2011-01-25     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8302501     Medline TA:  Radiographics     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  e41     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27710, USA. santiago.martinez@duke.edu
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Angiography / methods*
Humans
Thorax / blood supply*
Vascular Fistula / diagnosis*

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