Giant left atrial myxoma in an elderly patient: Natural history over a 7-year period

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 461-463

  Bajraktari, Gani ^a   Emini, Merita ^a   Berisha, Venera ^a   Gashi, Fitnete ^a   Beqiri, Arton ^a   Zahiti, Bedri ^a   Selmani, Hamza ^a   Shatri, Faik ^a   Manaj, Rexhep ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY CLINICAL CENTER OF KOSOVO   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Atrial myxoma; Echocardiography; Emboli; Stroke

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMBOLISM; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM MYXOMA; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART PALPITATION; HEART SURGERY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LUNG EDEMA; MESENTERY DISEASE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; STROKE; TREATMENT REFUSAL; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MYXOMA;

EID: 33846059807     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: 10970096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.20265     Document Type: Article

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