Lipoma of the heart: A case report

Italian Heart Journal

Volumn 2, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 621-623

  Maurea, N ^a   Mollo, A ^a   Boccalatte, M ^a   Esposito, S ^a   Agozzino, L ^a   Bellitti, R ^a  

^a CARDARELLI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Lipoma of the heart; Transesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ARMY; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; EPICARDIUM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM; HEART HYPERTROPHY; HEART SURGERY; HEART TUMOR; HEART VENTRICLE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; LIPOMA; MUSCLE CELL; PATHOLOGY; PHRENIC NERVE; PULMONARY VEIN; SYMPTOM; TISSUE CHARACTERIZATION; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LIPOMA; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0034790422     PISSN: 1129471X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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