Aorto-left atrial fistula: A reversible cause of acute refractory heart failure

Chest

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 828-831

  Archer, Thomas P ^a   Mabee, Scott W ^a   Baker, Peter B ^a   Orsinelli, David A ^a   Leier, Carl V ^a,b  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Division of Cardiology   (United States)

Author keywords

aortic insufficiency; aortic valve disease; aorto atrial fistula; congestive heart failure; echocargiography; infectious endocarditis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FISTULA; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030934799     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.111.3.828     Document Type: Article

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