Multiple fibroelastomas: A case report and review of the literature

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 373-376

  Kanarek, Steven E ^a   Wright, Paul ^a   Liu, Jing ^a   Boglioli, Lauren R ^a   Bajwa, Ajaypartap S ^a   Hall, Michael ^a   Kort, Smadar ^a  

^a NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEART SURGERY; HEART TUMOR; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAPILLARY FIBROELASTOMA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0037385636     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0894-7317(02)74540-9     Document Type: Review

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