Clinical and Morphologic Features of Lipomatous Hypertrophy ("Massive Fatty Deposits") of the Interatrial Septum

American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 43-48

  Gay, J Douglas ^a,b   Guileyardo, Joseph M ^a   Townsend Parchman, Janis K ^a   Ross, Karen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b Southwest Institute of Forensic Science Dallas   (United States)

Author keywords

Adipose tissue; Arrhythmias; Fetal fat; Fossa ovalis; Interatrial septum; Lipomatous hypertrophy

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERTROPHY; MALE; OBESITY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGED; CARDIOMEGALY; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART SEPTUM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0030043253     PISSN: 01957910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000433-199603000-00007     Document Type: Article

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