Atrial versus biatrial approaches for cardiac myxomas

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 521-525

  Stevens, Louis Mathieu ^a   Lapierre, Harry ^a   Pellerin, Michel ^a   El Hamamsy, Ismaïl ^a   Bouchard, Denis ^a   Carrier, Michel ^a   Perrault, Louis P ^a  

^a MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cardiac myxoma; Outcome; Surgical approaches

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BENIGN TUMOR; BLEEDING; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCARDITIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEART ATRIUM; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HEART MYXOMA; HEART SUPRAVENTRICULAR ARRHYTHMIA; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 1642457201     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1569-9293(03)00135-X     Document Type: Review

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