Left atrium in cor triatriatum: Arrhythmogenesis and thrombogenesis leading to stroke

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 168, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 4503-4504

  Siniorakis, Eftychios ^a   Arvanitakis, Spyridon ^a   Pantelis, Nikos ^a   Tzevelekos, Panayotis ^a   Bokos, Georgios ^a   Giannakopoulos, Nikodimos ^a   Limberi, Sotiria ^a  

^a SOTIRIA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Cor triatriatum sinister; Left atrial function; Thromboembolic stroke

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ADULT; ARRHYTHMOGENESIS; BLOOD CLOTTING; BRAIN INFARCTION; CARDIOEMBOLIC STROKE; CARDIOVERSION; CASE REPORT; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COR TRIATRIATUM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HEMIANOPIA; HUMAN; LETTER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SINUS RHYTHM; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT REFUSAL; COMPLICATION; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; MIDDLE AGED; STROKE; THROMBOSIS;

ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; COR TRIATRIATUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; STROKE; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 84886292910     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: 18741754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.06.117     Document Type: Article

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