Metastatic renal cell carcinoma invading right ventricular myocardium without caval involvement

Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 811-812

  Santo Tomas, M ^a   Mahr, N C ^a   Robinson, M J ^a   Agatston, A S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carcinoma, renal cell secondary; Heart neoplasms secondary; Kidney neoplasms pathology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CASE REPORT; CAVA VEIN; CELL INFILTRATION; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART SARCOMA; HUMAN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; KIDNEY SARCOMA; LEG EDEMA; MALE; METASTASIS;

CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART NEOPLASMS; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENA CAVA, INFERIOR; VENTRICULAR OUTFLOW OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 0032449567     PISSN: 00219509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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