Inversion of the left atrial appendage following cardiac surgery

Italian Heart Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 129-133

  Troise, Dario ^a   Errico, Gabriella ^b   Ranieri, Leonardo ^a   Civita, Antonio ^a   Mele, Domenico ^a   Lasaracina, Cosimina ^a   Arciprete, Paolo ^a  

^a POLICLINICO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atrial mass; Pediatric cardiosurgery; Transesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART ATRIUM THROMBOSIS; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; OPEN HEART SURGERY; PATENT DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNNECESSARY PROCEDURE;

ATRIAL APPENDAGE; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DUCTUS ARTERIOSUS, PATENT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 0038510170     PISSN: 1129471X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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