Aneurysm of the right atrial appendage

Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 239-241

  Barberato, Silvio Henrique ^a,b   Barberato, Márcia Ferreira Alves ^a   Ávila, Bianca Milanese ^a   Perretto, Sonia ^a   Blume, Liliam Do Rocio Gavazzoni ^a   Neto, Miguel Chamma ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITÁRIO CAJURU   (Brazil)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART ANEURYSM; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY;

ADULT; AMIODARONE; ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; ANTICOAGULANTS; ATRIAL APPENDAGE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ANEURYSM; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 11244324804     PISSN: 0066782X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0066-782X2002000200013     Document Type: Article

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