Cardiac malignant tumor as a rare cause of acute myocardial infarction

International Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 47-51

  Orban, Merek ^a   Tousek, Petr ^a   Becker, Ingrid ^a   Augustin, Norbert ^a   Firschke, Christian ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Echocardiography; Embolism; Malignant tumor

Indexed keywords

BISOPROLOL; PHENPROCOUMON;

ABDOMINAL TUMOR; ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTERY EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY; CORONARY ARTERY ATHEROSCLEROSIS; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART SURGERY; HEART TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTRACARDIAC THROMBOSIS; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; THORAX PAIN; THORAX TUMOR; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 1542316055     PISSN: 15695794     EISSN: 18758312     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:CAIM.0000013161.51607.cd     Document Type: Article

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