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Scimitar syndrome is a congenital anomaly in which some or all of right pulmonary veins drain into inferior caval vein. It is associated with anomalous systemic arteries arising from descending… Click to show full abstract
Scimitar syndrome is a congenital anomaly in which some or all of right pulmonary veins drain into inferior caval vein. It is associated with anomalous systemic arteries arising from descending aorta supplying to right lung. Transcatheter embolisation of this artery prevents complications. We present a 2.5-year-old girl in which anomalous artery was embolised using Amplatzer PiccoloTM Occluder, for first time.
Keywords:
successful occlusion;
feeding artery;
amplatzer;
occlusion feeding;
scimitar syndrome;
artery amplatzer
Journal Title: Cardiology in the young
Year Published: 2022
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Journal Title: Cardiology in the young
Year Published: 2022
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