Cardiac sarcoidosis with presentation of large left atrial mass

Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 397-400

  Abrishami, Bob ^a,b   O'Connel, Casey ^a   Sharma, Om ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial mass; Cardiac sarcoidosis; Heart block; Myxoma; Sarcoidosis; Ventricular tachyarrhythmias

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; METHAMPHETAMINE;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMERGENCY WARD; HEART BLOCK; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPOKINESIA; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MYOCARDIAL SARCOIDOSIS; MYXOMA; PULMONARY VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; REVIEW; SARCOIDOSIS; SYNCOPE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TISSUE CULTURE; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION; TUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 4143075768     PISSN: 10705287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mcp.0000136403.32451.aa     Document Type: Review

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