Left atrial dissection: A multifaceted complication

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 152-153

  Stassano, Paolo ^a   Musumeci, Antonino ^a   Di Tommaso, Luigi ^a   Pepino, Paolo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b Cardiac Surgery Clinica Pineta Grande   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LEFT ATRIAL DISSECTION; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; HEART ATRIA; HEART RUPTURE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33745455900     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2006.03.018     Document Type: Article

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