A case of biatrial multiple myxomas with glandular structure

Annals of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 423-427

  Namura, Osamu ^a   Saitoh, Masayuki ^a   Moro, Hisanaga ^b   Watanabe, Hiroshi ^a   Sogawa, Masakazu ^a   Nishikura, Ken ^a   Hayashi, Jun ichi ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b Saiseikai Niigata Daini Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cardiac myxoma; Glandular structure; Multiple cerebral aneurysms; Multiple growths

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN EMBOLISM; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; COMORBIDITY; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM; HEART TUMOR; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYXOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; RAYNAUD PHENOMENON;

CEREBRAL INFARCTION; COMORBIDITY; HEART ATRIA; HEART NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYXOMA; RAYNAUD DISEASE;

EID: 40949099118     PISSN: 13411098     EISSN: 21861005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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