De novo inverted left atrial appendage: An unrecognized cause of left atrial mass with symptoms mimicking myxoma

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 121, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1211-1213

  Ankersmit, H J ^a,b   Mohl, W ^a   Moser, B ^a   Kocher, A ^a   Ehrlich, M ^a   Grimm, M ^a   Horvat, R ^a   Wolner, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART MYXOMA; HUMAN; LEFT ATRIAL APPENDAGE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0035384417     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mtc.2001.111649     Document Type: Article

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