Changing Management of Cardiac Myxoma Based on a Series of 40 Cases with Long-Term Follow-Up

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1935-1938

  Selkane, Chekir ^a   Amahzoune, Brahim ^a   Chavanis, Nicolas ^a   Raisky, Olivier ^a   Robin, Jacques ^a   Ninet, Jean ^a   Obadia, Jean F ^a  

^a Hôpital Cardiothoracique   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOPLASTY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART FAILURE; HEART MYXOMA; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG CONGESTION; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; REVIEW; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0344665457     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(03)01245-1     Document Type: Article

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