Left atrial diverticulum associated with severe mitral regurgitation

Japanese Circulation Journal

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 474-476

  Terada, Hirokazu ^a   Tanaka, Yasuhiro ^a   Kashima, Katsurou ^a   Sannou, Kazuhisa ^a   Arima, Terukatsu ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atrial aneurysm; Atrial diverticulum; Mitral regurgitation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DIVERTICULOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT; HUMAN; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION;

AGED; DIVERTICULUM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 0034125749     PISSN: 00471828     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/jcj.64.474     Document Type: Article

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