A 71-year-old woman underwent echocardiography for the evaluation of hypertensive heart disease. A 2-dimensional echocardiogram revealed an abnormal mass that protruded into the left atrium from the atrial septal side of the left atrial wall. Microscopic examination of the surgical specimen disclose
Lipomatous hypertrophy of the interatrial septum
β Scribed by Alter, P. ;Grimm, W. ;Maisch, B.
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- German
- Weight
- 151 KB
- Volume
- 94
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0300-5860
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