Nonobstructive membranes of the left atrial appendage cavity: Report of three cases

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 267-270

  Bakris, Nicholas ^a,b   Tighe, Dennis A ^a,b,c   Rousou, John A ^a,b   Hiser, William L ^a,b   Flack III, Joseph E ^a,b   Engelman, Richard M ^a,b  

^a Baystate Medical Center ^*

^b BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NONOBSTRUCTIVE MEMBRANE OF THE LEFT ATRIUM APPENDAGE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; MALE; MEMBRANE; MIDDLE AGED;

AGED; ATRIAL APPENDAGE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANES; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0036517750     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mje.2002.117630     Document Type: Article

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