A 33-year-old man with wide-complex tachycardia and a left ventricular mass

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 341, Issue 16, 1999, Pages 1217-1224

  Greenberg, H M ^a   King, M E ^a   Drucker, E A ^a   Holmvang, G ^a   Mark, E J ^a   Torchiana, D F ^a   Aretz, H T ^a   Galvin, J M ^a   Meisel, J L ^a  

^a ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HAMARTOMA; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART TUMOR; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0033554703     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199910143411608     Document Type: Article

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