Cardiac myxoma: Clinical presentation, surgical treatment and outcome

Journal of B.U.ON.

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 51-55

  Velicki, Lazar ^a   Nicin, S ^a   Mihajlovic, B ^a   Kovacevic, P ^a   Susak, S ^a   Fabri, M ^a  

^a Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Cardiac myxoma; Cardiac surgery; Heart neoplasm

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE COURSE; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM MYXOMA; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL RISK; SYMPTOM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYXOMA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SERBIA; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77951005733     PISSN: 11070625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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