 Scimitar Syndrome
"Scimitar Syndrome" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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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
- Pulmonary Venous Return Anomaly
- TAPVR1
- TAPVR
- Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return
- Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return 1
- Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return
- Scimitar Anomaly
- Anomaly, Scimitar
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| 2001 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2013 | 2 | 0 | 2 | | 2017 | 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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O'Byrne ML, Cross RR, Martin GR. Asymptomatic atresia of the anomalous pulmonary vein in a patient with scimitar syndrome presenting in childhood. Cardiol Young. 2018 Feb; 28(2):329-333.
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Eckhauser AW, O'Byrne ML, Weinberg PM, Ravishankar C, Spray TL, Gaynor JW. Hypoplastic left ventricle and scimitar syndrome. Ann Thorac Surg. 2013 Dec; 96(6):2232-4.
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Tiouririne M, Baum VC, Battle RW, Arendt KW, Bhatt AB. Case 5--2013: Pregnant patient with uncorrected, undiagnosed total anomalous pulmonary venous return and severe pulmonary hypertension. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2013 Oct; 27(5):1041-7.
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Ishibashi N, Takahashi Y, Kikuchi T, Kobayashi N, Suzuki R, Mizutani S. [Case report of scimitar syndrome in infancy: intracardiac repair after coil embolization of systemic arterial supply to sequestered lung]. Kyobu Geka. 2001 Sep; 54(10):875-9.
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