Unguarded tricuspid orifice and patent right ventricular outflow tract presenting with long-standing severe right heart failure in an adult

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 85-87

  Mohan, Jagdish C ^a   Passey, Rajiv ^a   Arora, R ^a  

^a G B PANT HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DYSPNEA; EDEMA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRICUSPID VALVE DISEASE; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; UNGUARDED TRICUSPID VALVE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; TRICUSPID VALVE; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, RIGHT;

EID: 0032169290     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5273(98)00150-8     Document Type: Article

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