Atrial septal aneurysm with right-to-left interatrial shunting

Texas Heart Institute Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 68-70

  Chidambaram, Mala ^a   Mink, Steven ^a   Sharma, Sat ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b ST BONIFACE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Atrial complications physiopathology; Heart aneurysm complications etiology; Heart atrium; Heart septal defects; Midodrine therapeutic use

Indexed keywords

ALLOPURINOL; ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; MIDODRINE; PREDNISONE; VINCRISTINE;

AGED; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; CASE REPORT; HEART AFTERLOAD; HEART ANEURYSM; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART INFARCTION; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM PRESSURE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; HYPOXEMIA; LUNG EMBOLISM; LYMPHOMA; MALE;

ADRENERGIC ALPHA-AGONISTS; AGED; FISTULA; HEART ANEURYSM; HEART ATRIA; HEART SEPTUM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDODRINE;

EID: 0037219447     PISSN: 07302347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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