Atrial myxoma: An unusual cause of myocardial infarction

Texas Heart Institute Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 445-447

  Demir, Mesut ^a   Akpinar, Onur ^a   Acarturk, Esmeray ^a  

^a CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Embolism etiology surgery; Heart atria; Heart neoplasms diagnosis complications pathology; Myocardial infarction etiology; Myxoma diagnosis complications pathology surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM MYXOMA; HEART INFARCTION; HEART TUMOR; HUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ATRIA; HEART NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYXOMA;

EID: 24944460398     PISSN: 07302347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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