Invasive thymoma extending to the right atrium: Excision without cardiopulmonary bypass

Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 429-431

  Gleeson, R E ^a   Price, R ^a   Nicholson, A G ^a   Pastorino, U ^a  

^a ROYAL BROMPTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Heart atrium, pathology; Neoplasms invasiveness; Thymoma surgery; Thymus neoplasms surgery; Vena cava, superior

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; STERNOTOMY; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN OBSTRUCTION; THYMOMA;

CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; SUPERIOR VENA CAVA SYNDROME; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS; VENA CAVA, SUPERIOR;

EID: 0030859289     PISSN: 00219509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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