Left atrial myxoma presenting with unusual cystic form

Korean Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 362-364

  Park, Kwon Jae ^a   Woo, Jong Soo ^a   Park, Jong Yoon ^a  

^a Dong A University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cysts; Heart neoplasms; Myxoma

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887558644     PISSN: 2233601X     EISSN: 20936516     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5090/kjtcs.2013.46.5.362     Document Type: Article

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