Giant Left Atrial Myxoma: An Unusual Cause of Acute Pulmonary Edema

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 978.e1-978.e3

  Citro, Rodolfo ^a   Masiello, Paolo ^a   Bossone, Eduardo ^a   Provenza, Gennaro ^a   Mastrogiovanni, Generoso ^a   Baldi, Carlo ^a   Gregorio, Giovanni ^a   Di Benedetto, Giuseppe ^a  

^a San Luca Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardiac tumor; Echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART MYXOMA; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG EDEMA; MICROPHOTOGRAPHY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 47649133316     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2007.10.016     Document Type: Article

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