Acute myocardial infarction in a 15-year old secondary to myxomatous embolisation

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 658-660

  Van Gelde, Hugh M ^a   Jacobs, Jeffrey P ^a   McCormack, Jorge ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent chest pain; Cardiac tumour

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HEART ATRIUM; HEART INFARCTION; HEART TUMOR; HUMAN; MALE; MYXOMA; PATHOLOGY; TUMOR EMBOLISM;

ADOLESCENT; HEART ATRIA; HEART NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYXOMA; NEOPLASM CIRCULATING CELLS;

EID: 19844368898     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: 14671107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1047951104006109     Document Type: Article

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