Complete embolization of a left atrial myxoma: Resulting in acute lower extremity ischemia

Texas Heart Institute Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 238-240

  Coley, Chris ^a   Lee, Kenneth R ^a   Steiner, Mark ^a   Thompson, Charles S ^a,b  

^a ORLANDO REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Vasc Specialists of Central Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Embolism etiology surgery; Heart atria; Heart neoplasms diagnosis complications pathology; Iliac artery; Ischemia; Myxoma diagnosis complications pathology surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART MYXOMA; HEART TUMOR; HUMAN; LEG ISCHEMIA; PERIPHERAL CIRCULATION;

EMBOLECTOMY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; ILIAC ARTERY; ISCHEMIA; LEG; MIDDLE AGED; MYXOMA; NEOPLASM CIRCULATING CELLS;

EID: 20444410797     PISSN: 07302347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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