Cor-triatriatum sinister presenting in the adult as mitral stenosis: An analysis of factors which may be relevant in late presentation

Heart Lung and Circulation

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 8-12

  Slight, Robert D ^a   Nzewi, Onyekwelu C ^a   Buell, Rivan ^a   Mankad, Pankaj S ^a  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adult; Congenital heart disease; History

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; COR TRIATRIATUM; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LUNG CAPILLARY PRESSURE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; MORBIDITY; PRESSURE GRADIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 21244463163     PISSN: 14439506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hlc.2004.10.003     Document Type: Article

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