Left ventricular free wall rupture: Clinical presentation and management

Heart

Volumn 83, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 499-504

  Figueras, J ^a   Cortadellas, J ^a   Soler Soler, J ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D HEBRON   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART RUPTURE; HEMOPERICARDIUM; HUMAN; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0034067579     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heart.83.5.499     Document Type: Review

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