Cardiac myxomas: Short- and long-term follow-up

Cardiology Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 447-454

  Kuroczyński, Włodzimierz ^a   Peivandi, Ali Ashgar ^a   Ewald, Patrick ^a   Pruefer, Diethard ^a   Heinemann, Markus ^a   Vahl, Christian Friedrich ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atrial myxoma; Cardiac surgery; Cardiac tumors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART MYXOMA; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; REOPERATION; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THROMBOEMBOLISM; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HEART NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYXOMA; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; REOPERATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THERAPEUTICS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 70349492094     PISSN: 18975593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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