 Scimitar Syndrome
"Scimitar Syndrome" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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An anomalous pulmonary venous return in which the right PULMONARY VEIN is not connected to the LEFT ATRIUM but to the INFERIOR VENA CAVA. Scimitar syndrome is named for the crescent- or Turkish sword-like shadow in the chest radiography and is often associated with hypoplasia of the right lung and right pulmonary artery, and dextroposition of the heart.
| Descriptor ID |
D012587
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C08.381.844 C08.695.815 C14.240.850.968 C14.907.780 C16.131.240.850.937 C16.131.740.815
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| Concept/Terms |
Scimitar Syndrome- Scimitar Syndrome
- Syndrome, Scimitar
- TAPVR
- Scimitar Anomaly
- Anomaly, Scimitar
- Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return
- Pulmonary Venous Return Anomaly
- Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return
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| 2011 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Scimitar Syndrome" by people in Profiles.
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Weems C, Peuster M, Trivedi K. One plug may not be enough: a novel technique for the occlusion of high-flow vascular connections: combined AGA vascular plug II and coil occlusion of a sequester artery in a patient with Scimitar Syndrome. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2011 Nov 01; 78(5):687-91.
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