A left ventricular lipoma presenting as heart failure in a septuagenarian: A first case report

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 386-387

  Akram, Kamran ^a   Hill, Clark ^a   Neelagaru, Narasimhulu ^a   Parker, Miriam ^a  

^a ATLANTA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

First case report in 8th life decade; Heart failure; Left ventricular lipoma; Successful resection

Indexed keywords

DOCUSATE SODIUM; METOPROLOL; OMEPRAZOLE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART TUMOR; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIPOMA; MEDLINE; OUTPATIENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; CORONARY STENOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART NEOPLASMS; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; LIPOMA; SAPHENOUS VEIN;

EID: 33845188237     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2005.11.083     Document Type: Article

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