A left atrial myxoma presenting as a cerebrovascular accident

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 569-572

  Bayir, Hulya ^b   Morelli, Peter J ^a   Smith, Thomas H ^a   Biancaniello, Thomas A ^b  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIURETIC AGENT; HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM MYXOMA; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MYXOMA;

EID: 0032793181     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0887-8994(99)00024-7     Document Type: Article

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