Recurrent myxoma implanted in the left atrial appendage

Echocardiography

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 169-171

  Roldán, Francisco Javier ^a   Vargas Barrón, Jesus ^a   Espinola Zavaleta, Nilda ^a   Keirns, Candace ^b   Romero Cárdenas, Angel ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CARDIOLOGÍA IGNACIO CHÁVEZ   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CIENCIAS MÉDICAS Y NUTRICIÓN SALVADOR ZUBIRÁN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Left atrial appendage; Multiple myxomas; Recurrent myxomas; Transesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MYXOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

EID: 0034092710     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2000.tb01119.x     Document Type: Article

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