Combination of acceleration and collision involving the left atrial appendage limbus as a mechanism of hemolytic anemia in the setting of periprosthetic mitral valve regurgitation

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 913-915

  Schwalm, Stephanie A ^a   Sugeng, Lissa ^a   Ward, R Parker ^a   Lang, Roberto M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; APNEA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; ENDOCARDITIS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEMOLYSIS; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING;

ADULT; ANEMIA, HEMOLYTIC; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; PROSTHESIS FAILURE;

EID: 3342946964     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2004.04.015     Document Type: Article

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