Atrial myxoma: Case report and a review of the literature

Heart Disease

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 224-230

  Percell Jr , Robert Lee ^a   Henning, Robert J ^a   Patel, Maqsood Siddique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial myxoma; Heart tumors; Myxoma cells; Myxoma treatment; Primary heart tumors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EMBOLISM; FAMILIAL CANCER; HEART ATRIUM MYXOMA; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYNDROME; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADULT; HEART ATRIA; HEART NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MYXOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0038274787     PISSN: 1521737X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.hdx.0000074515.95567.92     Document Type: Article

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