Pseudoaneurysm causing partial obliteration of the left atrium: Case report and review

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Diagnosis

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 83-86

  Nathaniel, Cyril ^b   Lane, Steven ^b   Palma, Richard ^b   Schinnerman, S J ^b   Missri, Jose C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

left atrial compression; pseudoaneurysm; transient ischemic attack

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; FALSE ANEURYSM; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ANEURYSM; HEART RUPTURE; HUMAN; THORAX PAIN; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; ANEURYSM, FALSE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ANEURYSM; HEART ATRIA; HEART DISEASES; HEART NEOPLASMS; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS;

EID: 0029913601     PISSN: 00986569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0304(199605)38:1<83::AID-CCD19>3.0.CO;2-T     Document Type: Article

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