Should we perform preoperative coronary angiography in all cases of atrial myxomas?

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 379-383

  Janas, Robert ^a   Jutley, Rajwinder S ^a   Fenton, Paul ^a   Sarkar, Pradeep ^a  

^a NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardiac tumors; Investigations; Radiological

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY STENT; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM MYXOMA; HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MYXOMA; PREOPERATIVE CARE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33644760290     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: 1522726X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.20643     Document Type: Article

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