Left Atrial Myxoma in a Child: A Challenging Diagnosis of a Rare Lesion

World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 220-222

  Sernich, Steffan ^a   Chauhan, Aman ^a   Singh, Dhiraj ^a   Fuchs, Hans ^a   Caspi, Joseph ^b  

^a Louisiana State University and Children s Hospital   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiac tumor; myxoma; pediatric; surgery emergency

Indexed keywords

CARDIAC TUMOR; MYXOMA; PEDIATRIC; SURGERY EMERGENCY;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIA; HEART NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MITRAL VALVE; MYXOMA;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLURRED VISION; BODY WEIGHT DISORDER; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FATIGUE; FEVER; HEART ATRIUM MYXOMA; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM; HEART SURGERY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEFT ATRIAL MASS; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SCHOOL CHILD; STERNOTOMY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 84910138191     PISSN: 21501351     EISSN: 21500136     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2150135112473124     Document Type: Article

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