Congenital Arteriovenous Fistulas of the Thoracic Wall
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Congenital Arteriovenous Fistulas
Arteriovenous fistulas of the thoracic wall may produce murmurs and thrills which suggest an intrathoracic vascular abnormality. Congenital arteriovenous fistulas in the plecordial region, the site of the fistula in the case here reported, may be confused with anomalies of the heart and great vessels. The differential diagnosis of blood vessel tumors of the chest wall is discussed. Occasionally...
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عنوان ژورنال: Circulation
سال: 1950
ISSN: 0009-7322,1524-4539
DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.1.4.809