Transesophageal echocardiographic examination of left-sided superior vena cava and azygos and hemiazygos veins

N C Nanda; L Pinheiro; R Sanyal; H Jain; T B Van; S Rosenthal

doi:10.1111/j.1540-8175.1991.tb01038.x

Transesophageal echocardiographic examination of left-sided superior vena cava and azygos and hemiazygos veins

Echocardiography. 1991 Nov;8(6):731-40. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.1991.tb01038.x.

Authors

N C Nanda¹, L Pinheiro, R Sanyal, H Jain, T B Van, S Rosenthal

Affiliation

¹ Division of Cardiovascular Disease, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 35233.

PMID: 10149285
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.1991.tb01038.x

Abstract

In the present study, we describe our experience in the delineation of the left-sided superior vena cava, azygos vein, and hemiazygos vein, using transesophageal echocardiography.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Azygos Vein / anatomy & histology
Azygos Vein / diagnostic imaging*
Echocardiography, Doppler / methods*
Evaluation Studies as Topic
Heart Defects, Congenital / etiology
Humans
Vena Cava, Superior / abnormalities
Vena Cava, Superior / diagnostic imaging*