Symptomatic lipoma in the right atrial free wall: A case report

Texas Heart Institute Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 152-154

  Sankar, N Madhu ^a,b   Thiruchelvam, T ^a   Thirunavukkaarasu, K ^a   Pang, Ki ^a   Hanna, W Meldrum ^a  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b INSTITUTE OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES   (India)

Author keywords

Heart neoplasms diagnosis; Heart neoplasms surgery; Lipoma diagnosis; Lipoma surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EXCISION; HEART PALPITATION; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LIPOMA; MALE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ATRIA; HEART NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LIPOMA; MALE; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC;

EID: 0031746388     PISSN: 07302347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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