Right atrial myxoma with extracardiac manifestations

Chest

Volumn 118, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 547-549

  McCoskey, Eugene H ^a   Mehta, Jayant B ^a   Krishnan, K ^a   Roy, Thomas M ^a  

^a East Tennessee State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial myxoma; Extracardiac manifestations; Polycythemia in myxoma; Venous thrombosis in myxoma

Indexed keywords

ALPRAZOLAM; CONJUGATED ESTROGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM MYXOMA; HEART MYXOMA; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HUMAN; POLYCYTHEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VEIN THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0033890982     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.118.2.547     Document Type: Article

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