Sarcoma of the mitral valve causing coronary arterial occlusion in children

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 539-542

  McElhinney, Doff B ^a,b   Carpentieri, David F ^a   Bridges, Nancy D ^a   Clark, Bernard J ^a   Gaynor, J William ^a   Spray, Thomas L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Mitral value; Primary tumors; Sarcoma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CORONARY ARTERY THROMBOSIS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART TUMOR; HUMAN; MITRAL VALVE; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RADIOGRAPHY; SARCOMA;

CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HEART NEOPLASMS; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; MITRAL VALVE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SARCOMA;

EID: 0035463499     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s1047951101000786     Document Type: Article

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