Symptomatic right atrial appendance aneurysm: Diagnosis and resection

Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 314-316

  Corti, Fabrizio ^a,b   Sciuchetti, Jennifer F ^a   Ferro, Orazio ^a   Porta, Fabiano ^a   Redaelli, Marianna ^a   Paolini, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Atrium; Other

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERICARDIOTOMY; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; STERNOTOMY; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ATRIAL APPENDAGE; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ANEURYSM; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 40049083542     PISSN: 15582027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2459/JCM.0b013e32813aee91     Document Type: Article

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