Value of transesophageal echocardiography in the diagnosis of compressive, atypically located pericardial cysts

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 192-194

  Antonini Canterin, Francesco ^a,c   Piazza, Rita ^a   Ascione, Luigi ^b   Pavan, Daniela ^a   Nicolosi, Gian Luigi ^a  

^a S MARIA DEGLI ANGELI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b Ospedale S Maria di Loreto Nuovo   (Italy)

^c ARC   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; CASE REPORT; CYANOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LUNG; MALE; PERICARDIUM CYST; PULMONARY ARTERY OCCLUSION; PULMONARY VEIN; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SURGICAL DRAINAGE; SYMPTOM; THORACOTOMY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; MEDIASTINUM CYST; STENOSIS, OCCLUSION AND OBSTRUCTION;

ADULT; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; HUMANS; MALE; MEDIASTINAL CYST; PULMONARY VEINS;

EID: 0036481459     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mje.2002.117537     Document Type: Article

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