Congenital malformations of the right atrium and the coronary sinus: An analysis based on 103 cases reported in the literature and two additional cases

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Volumn 117, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1740-1748

  Binder, Thomas M ^a   Rosenhek, Raphael ^a   Frank, Herbert ^a   Gwechenberger, Marianne ^a   Maurer, Gerald ^a   Baumgartner, Helmut ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Congenital heart disease; Diverticulum of the coronary sinus; Diverticulum of the midcardiac vein; Right atrial aneurysm; Right atrial diverticulum; Right atrial enlargement; Right atrium

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; WARFARIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; CORONARY SINUS; DIVERTICULOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUDDEN DEATH; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; THROMBOSIS; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0034086580     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.117.6.1740     Document Type: Review

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