When catastrophe strikes - A case of atrial myxoma with distal embolization

Journal of Invasive Cardiology

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2008, Pages

  Kanwar, Manreet ^a   Almanaseer, Yassar ^a   Alroaini, Abdulwahhab ^a  

^a ST JOHN HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BENIGN TUMOR; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMBOLISM; HEART ATRIUM MYXOMA; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIMARY TUMOR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ABDOMINAL AORTA; AORTOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMBOLECTOMY; HEART ATRIUM; MIDDLE AGED; MYXOMA; TUMOR EMBOLISM;

AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AORTOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMBOLECTOMY; EMBOLISM; HEART ATRIA; HEART NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYXOMA; NEOPLASTIC CELLS, CIRCULATING;

EID: 62449289309     PISSN: 10423931     EISSN: 15572501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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