An atypical left atrial myxoma causing intracavitary pressure gradient and typical diastolic transmitral flow of severe mitral stenosis [6]

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 165-167

  Parissis, John T ^a,c   Zezas, Stefanos ^a   Sfiras, Nikolaos ^b   Kastellanos, Stamatis ^a  

^a NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b HIPPOKRATION HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Intracavitary; Mitral stenosis; Myxoma

Indexed keywords

AGED; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; MYXOMA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 20444493225     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2004.05.071     Document Type: Article

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