Accessory left atrial appendage: A neglected anomaly and potential cause of embolic stroke

Circulation

Volumn 117, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1351-1352

  Lee, Wen Jeng ^a   Chen, Shyh Jye ^a   Lin, Jiunn Lee ^a   Huang, Yu Hsin ^a   Wang, Tzung Dau ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL HEART MALFORMATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART CYCLE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILITY; HUMAN; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; BRAIN EMBOLISM; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; HEART ATRIUM; IMAGE PROCESSING; RADIOGRAPHY;

AGED; ATRIAL APPENDAGE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; STROKE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 40549142738     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.107.744706     Document Type: Article

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