Surgical treatment of atrial thrombosis. A transesophageal echocardiogram study;Trombosi atriale trattata chirurgicamente. Valutazione con ecocardiogramma transesofageo

Minerva Cardioangiologica

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 279-283

  Imazio, M ^b   Oliaro, E ^b   Ferrua, S ^b   Drago, S ^b   Morello, M ^b   Manglardi, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cardiac surgical procedures; Heart atrium, ultrasonography; Heart defects, congenital; Thrombosis, surgery; Thrombosis, ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; THROMBOSIS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0035432223     PISSN: 00264725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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