Volume reduction procedures in giant left atrium

Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 171-175

  Erdogan H B ^a   Ipek, G ^a   Kirali, K ^a   Omeroglu S N ^a   Guler M ^a   Isik O ^a   Yakut, C ^a  

^a KOSUYOLU HEART AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA CLAMPING; ARTICLE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DEATH; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXCISION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM THROMBOSIS; HEART FUNCTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART SIZE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VOLUME; HUMAN; LUNG VEIN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SINUS RHYTHM; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

EID: 0034807898     PISSN: 02184923     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/021849230100900303     Document Type: Article

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