Over 14 years of experience with cardiac myxomas

Acta Cardiologica

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 285-288

  Tansel, Turkan ^a   Harmandar, Bugra ^a   Ugurlucan, Murat ^a   Nisli, Kemal ^a   Eker, Rukiye ^a   Sozen, Ahmet Bilge ^a   Ozcan, Mustafa ^a   Barlas, Semih ^a   Dayioglu, Enver ^a   Onursal, Ertan ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cardiac tumour; Embolization; Mitral valve; Myxoma; Paediatric

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANNULOPLASTY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMBOLECTOMY; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HEART MYXOMA; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ATRIA; HEART NEOPLASMS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; MYXOMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33745744209     PISSN: 00015385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2143/AC.61.3.2014829     Document Type: Article

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