Lipomatous Hypertrophy of the Interatrial Septum: A Prospective Study of Incidence, Imaging Findings, and Clinical Symptoms

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Volumn 124, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 2068-2073

  Heyer, Christoph M ^a   Kagel, Thomas ^a   Lemburg, Stefan P ^a   Bauer, Torsten T ^a   Nicolas, Volkmar ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardiac tumors; CT; Lipomatous hypertrophy of the interatrial septum; MRI

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM HYPERTROPHY; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; IMAGING; INCIDENCE; LIPID STORAGE; LIPOMA; LIPOMATOUS HYPERTROPHY OF THE INTERATRIAL SEPTUM; LUNG EMPHYSEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0345732495     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.124.6.2068     Document Type: Article

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