Extension of a pulmonary blastoma into the left atrium

Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 657-660

  Zavala Alarcon, Edgardo ^a,b,c,d   Sudhakar, Sheila ^a,b,d   Gonzales, Learned R ^a,d   Patel, Rajul ^a,b,c  

^a Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory   (United States)

^b Department of Internal Medicine ^*  (United States)

^c General Electric Card Services   (United States)

^d MARICOPA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLASTOMA; CASE REPORT; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART METASTASIS; HEART TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG TUMOR; LUNG VEIN; MALE; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0035005265     PISSN: 00256196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4065/76.6.657     Document Type: Article

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