Giant right atrial aneurysm presenting as right heart failure

Indian Heart Journal

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 200-202

  Narain, V S ^a   Puri, Aniket ^a   Sethi, R ^a   Aga, Pallavi ^a   Behera, Suresh ^a   Ahmed, Naveed ^a   Saran, R K ^a  

^a KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Giant right atrium; Normal sinus rhythm; Right heart failure

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; DIURETIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOMEGALY; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FATIGUE; FOOT EDEMA; HEART ANEURYSM; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART DILATATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT DILATATION; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT DILATATION; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; LIMITATION OF ACTIVITY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RIGHT ATRIAL ANEURYSM; SINUS RHYTHM; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; T WAVE INVERSION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 84861609467     PISSN: 00194832     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0019-4832(12)60062-5     Document Type: Article

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