Incidental finding of incompletely ligated left atrial appendage in a patient with systemic hypotension

Anesthesia and Analgesia

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 771-772

  Sukernik, Mikhail R ^a   Davidson Jr , William R ^a  

^a PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 39749134261     PISSN: 00032999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1213/ane.0b013e318161880c     Document Type: Article

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