Left atrial dissection: An unusual complication of mitral valve surgery

Echocardiography

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 443-444

  Jani, Sonal ^a,b   Hecht, Susan ^a   Leibowitz, Keith ^a   Berger, Marvin ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial dissection; Complications; Mitral valve surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; DIURESIS; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; LEFT ATRIAL DISSECTION; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION;

ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HEART ANEURYSM; HEART ATRIA; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE;

EID: 33947411359     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2006.00413.x     Document Type: Article

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