Left atrial compression by thoracic aneurysm mimicking congestive heart failure

Echocardiography

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 677-678

  Celenk, Mehmet K ^a   Ozeke, Ozcan ^a   Selcuk, M Timur ^a   Selcuk, Hatice ^a   Cagli, Kerim ^a  

^a TURKIYE YUKSEK IHTISAS HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Congestive heart failure; Left atrial compression; Thoracic aneurysm

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL AORTA ANEURYSM; AGED; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM COMPRESSION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE SIZE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYSTOLE; THORACIC AORTA ANEURYSM; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM; STENOSIS, OCCLUSION AND OBSTRUCTION;

AGED; AORTIC ANEURYSM, THORACIC; CONSTRICTION, PATHOLOGIC; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HEART ATRIA; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 33644641830     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2005.40083.x     Document Type: Article

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