Primary cardiac leiomyosarcoma: Seven-year survival with combined surgical and adjuvant therapy

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 91-94

  Pessotto, Renzo ^a   Silvestre, Giuseppe ^a   Luciani, Giovanni Battista ^a   Anselmi, Maurizio ^b   Pasini, Felice ^b   Santini, Francesco ^a   Mazzucco, Alessandro ^a  

^a OCM Bgo Trento   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardiac surgery; Cardiac tumors; Leiomyosarcoma

Indexed keywords

DACTINOMYCIN; DOXORUBICIN; IFOSFAMIDE; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; CASE REPORT; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART SARCOMA; HUMAN; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MALE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SYNCOPE;

ADULT; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; HEART ATRIA; HEART NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MALE; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT;

EID: 0030811119     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5273(97)02956-2     Document Type: Article

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