Surgical management of metastatic melanoma to the ventricle

Texas Heart Institute Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 218-220

  Messner, Greg ^a   Harting, Matthew T ^a   Russo, Pierantonio ^a   Gregoric, Igor D ^a   Mukhopadhyay, Madhuri ^a   Flamm, Scott D ^a   Frazier, O H ^a,b  

^a ST LUKE S EPISCOPAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b TEXAS HEART INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Heart neoplasms diagnosis secondary surgery; Heart ventricle; Melanoma diagnosis secondary surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA VALVE PROSTHESIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DYSPNEA; EXCISION; FEMALE; HEART METASTASIS; HEART SURGERY; HEART VENTRICLE; HUMAN; LEG SWELLING; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MELANOMA; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEART NEOPLASMS; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0042326792     PISSN: 07302347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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