Giant left atrial myxoma mimicking severe mitral valve stenosis

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Gonzalez Juanatey, Carlos ^a   Regueiro Abel, Margarita ^a   Lopez Agreda, Hugo ^a   Peña Martínez, Fernando ^a   Gonzalez Gay, Miguel A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL XERAL CALDE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atrial myxoma; Echocardiogram; Mitral stenosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM MYXOMA; HEART FAILURE; HEART SURGERY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; MYXOMA;

EID: 45849116572     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2007.04.102     Document Type: Article

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