Cardiac compression by a thymic cyst

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Stas, P ^a   Declercq, I ^a   Van Raemdonck, D ^a   Dubois, C ^a   Desmet, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cardiac; Compression; Cyst; Thymic

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; THORACOTOMY; THYMUS CYST;

AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDIASTINAL CYST; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; THORACOSCOPY; VENA CAVA, SUPERIOR;

EID: 33845194098     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2006.06.041     Document Type: Article

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