Right atrial dissecting intramural hematoma resulting in interventricular communication without ventricular septal defect: A rare complication of myocardial infarction

Cardiology

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 191-192

  Patsouras, Dimitrios ^a   Kountouris, Evaggelos ^a   Korantzopoulos, Panagiotis ^a   Siogas, Konstantinos ^a  

^a G HATZIKOSTA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; RETEPLASE;

AGED; CASE REPORT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISSECTING INTRAMURAL HEMATOMA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM DEFECT; HEMATOMA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION;

AGED; ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART RUPTURE, POST-INFARCTION; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, VENTRICULAR; HEART SEPTUM; HEART VENTRICLES; HEMATOMA; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

EID: 26044464242     PISSN: 00086312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000088136     Document Type: Letter

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