Primary right atrial angiosarcoma mimicking acute pericarditis, pulmonary embolism, and tricuspid stenosis

Heart

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 556-558

  Ananthasubramaniam, K ^a   Farha, A ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiosarcoma; Spindle cell carcinoma; Tumours

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOSARCOMA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DYSPNEA; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; PERICARDITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINDLE CELL CARCINOMA; SURVIVAL; THORAX PAIN; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRICUSPID VALVE STENOSIS;

EID: 0032962162     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.81.5.556     Document Type: Article

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