Acquired left ventricular to right atrial communication and complete heart block following nonpenetrating cardiac trauma

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 349-352

  Venkatesh, Govindarajan ^b   Lonn, Eva M ^a   Holder, Douglas A ^b   Williams, William G ^b   Mulji, Amin ^b  

^a HAMILTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cardiac shunt; Echocardiography; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPLETE HEART BLOCK; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART INJURY; HEART LEFT RIGHT SHUNT; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; THORAX BLUNT TRAUMA; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ATRIAL FUNCTION, RIGHT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIA; HEART BLOCK; HEART INJURIES; HUMANS; MALE; THORACIC INJURIES; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 0029936758     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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