Primary cardiac sarcoma involving the pulmonary artery and valve

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 843-847

  Bloomberg, Richard D ^a,b   Butany, Jagdish W ^a,b   Cusimano, R J ^a,b   Leask, Richard L ^a,b  

^a TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cardiac tumour; Pulmonary artery; Pulmonary valve; Sarcoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEATH; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HEART SARCOMA; HEART TUMOR; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIVER FAILURE; LUNG DISEASE; LUNG RESECTION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MICROSCOPY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY VALVE; SEPSIS; STAINING; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FATALITY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; SARCOMA; VASCULAR TUMOR;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY VALVE; SARCOMA; VASCULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0042632481     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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