Huge aneurysm of the left atrial appendage;Aneurisma gigante del apéndice auricular izquierdo

Archivos de Cardiologia de Mexico

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 90-94

  Moreno Martínez, Francisco L ^a,b   Alfonso, Osvaldo González ^c   Hidalgo, Alvaro L Lagomasino ^c   Díaz, Alejandro González ^c   Céspedes, Carlos Oliva ^c   Bernal, Omaida J López ^c  

^a Universidad Virtual de Salud de Cuba   (Cuba)

^b Servicio Hemodinámica y Cardiología Intervencionista   (Cuba)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Atrial appendage; Atrial arrhythmias; Cardiac surgery; Embolisms

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART ANEURYSM; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; STROKE;

ADOLESCENT; ATRIAL APPENDAGE; HEART ANEURYSM; HUMANS;

EID: 33744830882     PISSN: 14059940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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