Primary right atrial fibrosarcoma diagnosed by endocardial biopsy

American Heart Journal

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 399-402

  Basso, Cristina ^a   Stefani, Alessandro ^b   Calabrese, Fiorella ^a   Fasoli, Giuseppe ^a   Valente, Marialuisa ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^c Istituto di Anatomia Patologica   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DYSPNEA; ENDOCARDIAL DISEASE; FEMALE; FIBROSARCOMA; HEART ATRIUM MUSCLE; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0030043429     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-8703(96)90374-9     Document Type: Article

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