Superior Vena Cava Stenosis Manifesting with Brain Abscess 2 Decades after Atrial Septal Defect Repair.

Radiol Cardiothorac Imaging

Department of Radiology (A.C.F., M.L., J.M.L.) and Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine (J.M.L.), Montefiore Medical Center, 111 E 210th St, Bronx, NY 10467; Department of Radiology, New York University, New York, NY (A.S.); and Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Bronx, NY (N.J.S., N.F.C.).

Published: April 2021

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