Pulmonary artery sarcoma diagnosed using intravascular ultrasound images

Thorax

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 748-749

  Okano, Yoshiaki ^a,d   Satoh, Toru ^a   Tatewaki, Teiji ^a   Kunieda, Takeyoshi ^a   Fukuyama, Satoru ^b   Miyazaki, Naoki ^b   Beppu, Yasuo ^c  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^b STEEL MEMORIAL YAWATA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c CANCER INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^d Shinshiro City Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Intravascular sarcoma; Intravascular ultrasound; Pulmonary artery

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE CANCER; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; INTRAVASCULAR ULTRASOUND; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; RIB RESECTION; SARCOMA;

EID: 0032790008     PISSN: 00406376     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/thx.54.8.748     Document Type: Article

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