Tumor extending through inferior vena cava into the right atrium. A late recurrence of renal cell carcinoma

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 179-182

  Ioannis, Vassiliadis ^a   Panagiotis, Strembelas ^a   Anastasios, Antoniou ^a   Michael, Bonoris ^a   Anastasios, Spanos ^a   Anastasios, Triantaphylou ^b   Michael, Glinos ^a   Dimosthenis, Floros ^b   Theodoros, Filipidis ^b  

^a ATHENS NAVAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b Evrocliniki Medical Center   (Greece)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Renal cell carcinoma; Right atrium; Tumor

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CASE REPORT; CAVA VEIN DISEASE; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DYSPNEA; EXCISION; EXERCISE; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; FEMALE; HEART PALPITATION; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART TUMOR; HUMAN; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LEG THROMBOSIS; NEPHRECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; SYNCOPE; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0037393523     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: 18758312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022859423411     Document Type: Article

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