Surgical Resection of Ventricular Cardiac Fibromas: Early and Late Results

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1929-1934

  Cho, John M ^a   Danielson, Gordon K ^a   Puga, Francisco J ^a   Dearani, Joseph A ^a   McGregor, Christopher G A ^a   Tazelaar, Henry D ^a   Hagler, Donald J ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FIBROMA; FOLLOW UP; HEART SURGERY; HEART TUMOR; HUMAN; INFANT; MEDICAL RECORD; NEWBORN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL; TELEPHONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0345527906     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(03)01196-2     Document Type: Article

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