Pediatric giant right atrial aneurysm: A case series and review of the literature

Congenital Heart Disease

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Harder, Erika E ^a   Ohye, Richard G ^a   Knepp, Marc D ^b   Owens, Sonal T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Giant right atrial aneurysm; Infant; Pediatric

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE; AMIODARONE; DIGOXIN; ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT;

AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CARDIAC IMAGING; CARDIOMEGALY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; EBSTEIN ANOMALY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; GIANT RIGHT ATRIAL ANEURYSM; HEART ANEURYSM; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HOLTER MONITOR; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INFANT; INTUBATION; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; EMBRYOLOGY; FEMALE; FETUS ECHOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART SURGERY; HEMODYNAMICS; MALE; NEWBORN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; TIME; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTI-ARRHYTHMIA AGENTS; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HEART ANEURYSM; HEART ATRIA; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, PRENATAL;

EID: 84902546142     PISSN: 1747079X     EISSN: 17470803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/chd.12079     Document Type: Article

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