Minimal invasive endoscopic resection of a giant left atrial appendage aneurysm

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1437-1438

  Kiaii, Bob ^a   Doll, Nicolas ^a   Kuehl, Michael ^a   Mohr, Friedrich W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; HEART ANEURYSM; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM THROMBOSIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MALE; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL INSTRUMENT; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ATRIAL APPENDAGE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CRYOSURGERY; ENDOSCOPY; HEART ANEURYSM; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 1842584009     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(03)01303-1     Document Type: Article

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