Histopathology of the cardiac conduction system in a case of metastatic pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma

Anticancer Research

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 3029-3032

  Ottaviani, Giulia ^a   Rossi, Lino ^b   Matturri, Luigi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Arrhythmias; Conduction system; Heart metastases; Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma; Sudden death

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DISSEMINATED INTRAVASCULAR CLOTTING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART METASTASIS; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPYREXIA; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; MORTALITY; PANCREAS ADENOCARCINOMA; PANCREAS DUCT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUDDEN DEATH;

EID: 0036765833     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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