Surgical management of right atrial myxomas. A 15 year experience with review of the literature

Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 101-105

  Selvaraj, A ^a   Kumar, R ^a   Ravikumar, E ^a  

^a Dept Cardiothorac Surg Chrstn M ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Heart atrium; Heart neoplasms surgery; Myxoma surgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTERY CLAMP; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEATH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM MYXOMA; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INDIA; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; PULMONARY ARTERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYMPTOM; TUMOR BIOPSY;

EID: 0032891313     PISSN: 00219509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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