Primary adenocarcinoma of the left atrium mimicking benign myxoma;Primäres adenokarzinom des linken herzvorhofes: Erst die histologie führt zur diagnose adenokarzinom des herzens

Zeitschrift fur Kardiologie

Volumn 92, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 254-259

  Schnabel, Renate ^a   Koniordos, Philipp ^a   Mohr Kahaly, Susanne ^a   Meyer, Jürgen ^a   Köhler, Heinz Hermann ^b   Khaw, Alexander V ^c  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

^c New York Presbyterian Hospital Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac tumors; Echocardiography; Primary left atrial adenocarcinoma

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; TUMOR MARKER;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FALLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART CARCINOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MYXOMA; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; STRESS; SYMPTOM; SYNCOPE; TACHYCARDIA; VERTIGO;

ADENOCARCINOMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ATRIA; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MYXOMA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0347926103     PISSN: 03005860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00392-003-0893-8     Document Type: Article

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