A patient with cardiac angiosarcoma who survived for four years. Case report and literature review;Angiosarcoma cardíaco. Cuatro años de supervivencia. Revisión a propósito de un caso

Revista Espanola de Cardiologia

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 310-312

  Centella Hernández, Tomasa ^a   Oliva, Enrique ^a   García Andrade, Ignacio ^a   Lamas, María J ^a   Epeldegui, Antonio ^a  

^a HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Angiosarcoma; Cardiac tumors; Heart neoplasms surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOSARCOMA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM MYXOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

EID: 17144413319     PISSN: 03008932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13072481     Document Type: Article

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