Atrial myxomas: A single unit's experience in the modern era

Heart Surgery Forum

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Owers, Corinne E ^a   Vaughan, Paul ^a   Braidley, Peter C ^a   Wilkinson, Glen A L ^a   Locke, Timothy J ^a   Cooper, Graham J ^a   Briffa, Norman P ^a   Hopkinson, David N ^a   Sarkar, Pradip K ^a  

^a NORTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMBOLISM; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; EXCISION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM MYXOMA; HEART PALPITATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; PACEMAKER; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SUTURING METHOD; THORAX PAIN;

EID: 79955603047     PISSN: 10983511     EISSN: 15226662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1532/HSF98.20091163     Document Type: Article

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