Inverted left atrial appendage: An unusual complication in cardiac surgery

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1492-1493

  Fujiwara, Keiichi ^a   Naito, Yasuaki ^a   Noguchi, Yasuzo ^a   Hayashi, Hiroki ^a   Uemura, Shigeru ^a  

^a WAKAYAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DISEASE COURSE; GREAT VESSELS TRANSPOSITION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART SURGERY; HEART TUMOR; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033064726     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(99)00244-1     Document Type: Article

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