A left atrial pseudomass: Potential pitfall at thoracic MR imaging

Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 991-993

  King, Mark A ^a   Vrachliotis, Thomas G ^a   Bergin, Colleen J ^b  

^a THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UCSD MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac masses; Cardiac studies; Left atrium; MRI

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART TUMOR; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY VEINS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0031818936     PISSN: 10531807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jmri.1880080431     Document Type: Article

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