Role of transesophageal echocardiography in the management of metastatic tumors invading the left atrium

Cardiology (Switzerland)

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 214-217

  Lee, Tsung Ming ^a   Chen, Ming Fong ^a   Liau, Chiau Suong ^a   Lee, Yuan Teh ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Lung cancer; Osteosarcoma; Pulmonary venous flow; Transesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART METASTASIS; HUMAN; LUNG BLOOD FLOW; LUNG CANCER; MALE; OSTEOSARCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031049250     PISSN: 00086312     EISSN: 14219751     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000177332     Document Type: Article

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