Giant biatrial myxoma nearly obstructing the orifice of the inferior vena cava

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Choi, Chang Hu ^a   Park, Chul Hyun ^a   Kim, Ji Sung ^a   Jeon, Yang Bin ^a   Lee, Jae Ik ^a   Park, Kook Yang ^a  

^a Gachon University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Biatrial; Heart neoplasm; Myxoma

Indexed keywords

CASE REPORT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM; HEART NEOPLASMS; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; MIDDLE AGED; MYXOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; MYXOMA; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR;

EID: 84878701164     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498090     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1749-8090-8-148     Document Type: Article

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