Extra cardiac tumor misdiagnosed as a left atrial myxoma

Korean Journal of Anesthesiology

Volumn 67, Issue , 2014, Pages S67-S68

  Choi, Kwangook ^a   Jung, Dongho ^a   K Hong, Seong Woo ^a   Jeon, Younghoon ^b   Kim, Si Oh ^a  

^a Kyungpook National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CASE REPORT; CHEMOTHERAPY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM MYXOMA; HEART SARCOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LETTER; MALIGNANT FIBROUS HISTIOCYTOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE REPAIR; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 84924757466     PISSN: 20056419     EISSN: 20057563     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4097/kjae.2014.67.S.S67     Document Type: Letter

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