Sarcoma Metastatic to the Right Ventricle: Surgical Intervention Followed by Prolonged Survival

Texas Heart Institute Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 93-95

  Harting, Matthew T ^a   Messner, Gregory N ^a   Gregoric, Igor D ^a   Frazier, O H ^a,b  

^a ST LUKE S EPISCOPAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b TEXAS HEART INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac metastases; Heart ventricle; Neoplasm; Sarcoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARDIOMYOPLASTY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; FATIGUE; FOLLOW UP; HEART METASTASIS; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART SARCOMA; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; SYMPTOM;

AXILLA; HEART NEOPLASMS; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; SARCOMA;

EID: 1642350330     PISSN: 07302347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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