Cardiac lipoma: A rare cause of right-to-left interatrial shunt with normal pulmonary artery pressure

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1311-1314

  Courtis, Javier ^a   Marani, Leandro ^a   Amuchastegui, Luis Maria ^a   Rodeiro, Jose ^a  

^a HOSPITAL PRIVADO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HEART; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART RIGHT LEFT SHUNT; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LIPOMA; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLATYPNEA ORTHODEOXIA SYNDROME; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SYNDROME; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; ANOXEMIA; ATRIAL FUNCTION, RIGHT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HEART NEOPLASMS; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; LIPOMA; PULMONARY ARTERY; SYNDROME;

EID: 9644277056     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2004.06.031     Document Type: Article

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