Primary pericardial fibrosarcoma presenting as "near" cardiac tamponade

Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 83-85

  Matsakas, Evangelos P ^a   Lazaros, George A ^a   Panou, Fotis K ^a   Karavidas, Apostolos I ^a   Papalimberi, Elisavet P ^a   Scotis, Ioannis D ^b   Zacharoulis, Apostolos A ^a  

^a IASO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b Athens Chest Hospital   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cardiac compression; Fibrosarcoma; Malignant tumors; Primary pericardial tumors

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; DOXORUBICIN; IFOSFAMIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER INFILTRATION; CASE REPORT; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEVER; FIBROSARCOMA; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERICARDIECTOMY; PERICARDIUM; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0036157452     PISSN: 01609289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clc.4950250210     Document Type: Article

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