Sarcoma of the main pulmonary artery: An unusual etiology for recurrent pulmonary emboli

Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 457-461

  Pagni, S ^a   Passik, C S ^a   Riordan, Ch ^a   D'Agostino, R S ^b  

^a HOSPITAL OF SAINT RAPHAEL   (United States)

^b LAHEY HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Pulmonary artery; Pulmonary embolism; Sarcoma diagnosis; Sarcoma surgery

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTERY RECONSTRUCTION; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; EMBOLECTOMY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MORTALITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PULMONARY ARTERY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SPINDLE CELL SARCOMA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; RECURRENCE; SARCOMA;

EID: 0032992772     PISSN: 00219509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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