Biatrial myxoma resembling an interatrial clot in transit on echocardiogram

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 92, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1019-1022

  Umana, Ernesto ^a,b   Alpert, Martin A ^a   Massey, Clara V ^a   Tucker, J Allan ^a   Damrich, Michael E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HEART ATRIUM MYXOMA; HEART ATRIUM THROMBOSIS; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; STROKE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032750361     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-199910000-00016     Document Type: Article

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