Lipomatous hypertrophy of the interatrial septum presenting as sick sinus syndrome

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 280-281

  Sato, Yuichi ^a   Matsuo, Shinro ^b   Kusama, Junji ^a   Kunimasa, Taeko ^a   Yoda, Shunichi ^a   Matsumoto, Naoya ^a   Tani, Shigemasa ^a   Saito, Satoshi ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Lipomatous hypertrophy of the interatrial septum; Sick sinus syndrome

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; ATRIOVENTRICULAR CONDUCTION; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM; HEART HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; LIPID STORAGE; LIPOMATOUS HYPERTROPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SICK SINUS SYNDROME; SUPRAVENTRICULAR PREMATURE BEAT;

AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART SEPTUM; HUMANS; LIPOMATOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; SICK SINUS SYNDROME;

EID: 34249281598     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2006.07.161     Document Type: Article

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