Biomedical imaging and intervention journal
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Biomed Imaging Interv J · Jan 2012
Anatomical variations of pulmonary venous drainage in Thai people: multidetector CT study.
To evaluate the patterns of pulmonary venous drainage into the left atrium and to determine the frequency of each variant of pulmonary venous anatomy. ⋯ A classification system to succinctly describe pulmonary venous drainage patterns was developed. In left-sided drainage, a single left pulmonary ostium was the most common variation. The right-sided venous drainage varied more in both number and pattern than those of the left side; nevertheless, bilateral pulmonary venous ostial variation was not frequently found.