CT and MR imaging of primary cardiac malignancies

Radiographics

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1421-1434

  Araoz, Philip A ^a   Eklund, Heidi E ^a   Welch, Timothy J ^a   Breen, Jerome F ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiosarcoma, 51.324; Heart, CT, 51.1211; Heart, MR, 51.1214; Heart, neoplasms, 51.321, 51.3221, 51.3231, 51.324, 51.329, 51.34; Leiomyosarcoma, 51.325; Liposarcoma, 51.371; Lymphoma, 51.34; Osteosarcoma, 51.324; Rhabdomyosarcoma, 51.321

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSARCOMA; CALCINOSIS; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FIBROSARCOMA; HEART ATRIUM; HEART TUMOR; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HUMAN; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; LIPOSARCOMA; LYMPHOMA; MYXOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOSARCOMA; PATHOLOGY; PERICARDIUM; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SARCOMA; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

CALCINOSIS; CHILD; FIBROSARCOMA; HEART ATRIA; HEART NEOPLASMS; HEART SEPTUM; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEMANGIOSARCOMA; HUMANS; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; LIPOSARCOMA; LYMPHOMA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MYXOMA; OSTEOSARCOMA; PERICARDIUM; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SARCOMA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0033228430     PISSN: 02715333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiographics.19.6.g99no031421     Document Type: Article

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