Prominent crista terminalis appearing as a right atrial mass on transthoracic echocardiogram

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 753-755

  Pharr, Jennifer R ^a   West, Michael B ^a,b   Kusumoto, Fred M ^a,b   Figueredo, Vincent M ^a,b  

^a University of New Mexico Health Science Center ^*

^b LOVELACE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIURETIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART MUSCLE; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM TERMINAL CREST; HUMAN; LEG EDEMA; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM; HISTOLOGY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

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

EID: 0036634389     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mje.2002.119163     Document Type: Article

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