Metastatic germ cell tumor to the heart presenting with syncope

Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 429-433

  Vohra, Ameet ^a   Saiz, Enma ^a   Davila, Enrique ^a   Burkle, Jaime ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac rumor; Syncope; Testicular tumor

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; CISPLATIN; DEXAMETHASONE; ETOPOSIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; METHYLPREDNISOLONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; CASE REPORT; GERM CELL TUMOR; HEART METASTASIS; HUMAN; MALE; NON SEMINOMATOUS GERMINOMA; ORCHIECTOMY; SYNCOPE; TESTIS TERATOMA; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 0032991574     PISSN: 01609289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clc.4960220615     Document Type: Article

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