Spindle cell sarcoma of the pericardium: A case report

Journal of Cardiac Surgery

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 139-141

  Lajos, Paul ^a,b   Choo, Evelyn ^a   Hasaniya, Nahidh ^a   Ehrman, Walter ^a   Razzouk, Annees ^a  

^a LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; DOXORUBICIN; IFOSFAMIDE; MESRAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; CANCER SURGERY; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DYSPNEA; FOLLOW UP; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LUNG HILUS; MALE; MEDIASTINUM MASS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERICARDIUM; PERICARDIUM CANCER; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PULMONARY VEIN; SPINDLE CELL SARCOMA; THORACOTOMY; THORAX PAIN; THORAX TUMOR; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; HEART NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PERICARDIUM; SARCOMA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 1642322264     PISSN: 08860440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0886-0440.2004.04047.x     Document Type: Article

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