Diagnosis of mitral valve aneurysms by transesophageal echocardiography

American Heart Journal

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 689-691

  Roguin, Ariel ^a   Rinkevich, Diana ^a   Milo, Simcha ^a   Reisner, Shimon A ^a  

^a RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEART ANEURYSM; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0029860162     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-8703(96)90257-4     Document Type: Article

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