Right ventricular myxoma obstructing the pulmonary artery during early childhood

General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 351-353

  Kumagai, Kiichiro ^a   Sai, Sadahiro ^a   Endo, Masato ^b   Tabayashi, Koichi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b MIYAGI CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Pediatric cardiac myxoma; Pulmonary arterial obstruction

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM; POLITEF;

ARTICLE; CARDIOMEGALY; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART MYXOMA; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PULMONARY ARTERY OCCLUSION; PULMONARY VALVE; SYSTOLIC HEART MURMUR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART NEOPLASMS; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MYXOMA; PULMONARY ARTERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR OUTFLOW OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 46749128955     PISSN: 18636705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11748-008-0250-y     Document Type: Article

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