Cardiac Angiosarcoma: An Unusual Presentation Simulating Mitral Stenosis and Constrictive-effusive Pericarditis

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1331-1333

  Plana, Juan Carlos ^a   Iskander, Sherif S ^a   Ostrowski, Mary L ^a   Howell, J F ^a   Kurrelmeyer, Karla ^a   Raizner, Albert E ^a   Zoghbi, William A ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOSARCOMA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSTRICTIVE PERICARDITIS; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART MUSCLE HEMANGIOSARCOMA; HEART TUMOR; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0344736948     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/j.echo.2003.07.002     Document Type: Article

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