Congential Giant Aneurysms of the Left Atrial Appendage: Diagnosis and Management

Journal of Cardiac Surgery

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 147-150

  Gold, Jeffrey P ^a,c   Afifi, Hazem Y ^a   Ko, Wilson ^a   Horner, Neal ^a   Hahn, Rebecca ^b  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b OVERLOOK HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CARDIOMEGALY; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ANEURYSM; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM; HUMAN; REVIEW; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; ANEURYSM SURGERY; ARTICLE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART PALPITATION; MORBIDITY;

ADULT; ARRHYTHMIA; CARDIOMEGALY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ANEURYSM; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; TACHYCARDIA, SINUS;

EID: 0029661929     PISSN: 08860440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8191.1996.tb00030.x     Document Type: Article

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