Catastrophic presentation of atrial myxoma with total occlusion of abdominal aorta

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 913-915

  Yadav, Sumit ^a   Alvarez, John M ^b  

^a TOWNSVILLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aortic occlusion; Cardiac myxoma; Peripheral embolism

Indexed keywords

DOSULEPIN; TROPONIN T;

ABDOMINAL AORTA OBSTRUCTION; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; FORWARD HEART FAILURE; HEART ATRIUM MYXOMA; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG EDEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AORTA, ABDOMINAL; AORTIC DISEASES; AORTOGRAPHY; ARTERIAL OCCLUSIVE DISEASES; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CATASTROPHIC ILLNESS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMBOLECTOMY; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MYXOMA; STERNOTOMY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70350448864     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2009.212514     Document Type: Article

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