Ockham's razor or Hickam's dictum: A right atrial mass following excision of left atrial myxoma

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 415-416

  Abramowitz, Yigal ^a   Perlman, Gidon ^a   Levy, Eli ^a   Beeri, Ronen ^a   Chajek Shaul, Tova ^a   Leibowitz, David ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Atrial mass; Atrial myxoma; Excision; Thrombus

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART ATRIUM THROMBOSIS; HEART TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LEFT ATRIAL MYXOMA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT ATRIAL THROMBUS; STERNOTOMY; SYNCOPE; SYSTOLIC HEART MURMUR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; HEART ATRIA; HEART NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYXOMA; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 43449096635     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: 15322114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejechocard/jen023     Document Type: Article

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