Left Atrial Appendage: Variations in Morphology and Position Causing Pitfalls in Pediatric Echocardiographic Diagnosis

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1011-1016

  Ramaswamy, Prema ^a   Lytrivi, Irene D ^a   Srivastava, Shubhika ^b   Sharma, Sangeeta ^c   Ko, H Helen ^b   Parness, Ira A ^b   Lai, Wyman W ^b  

^a MAIMONIDES MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c ELMHURST HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORONARY ARTERY ANEURYSM; FALLOT TETRALOGY; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; PULMONARY VEIN OBSTRUCTION; REVIEW; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ARTIFACTS; ATRIAL APPENDAGE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; PEDIATRICS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES;

EID: 34547129582     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2007.03.017     Document Type: Review

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