Growth of a left atrial sarcoma followed by resection and autotransplantation

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1771-1774

  Iskander, Sherif S ^a   Nagueh, Sherif F ^a,b   Ostrowski, Mary L ^a   Reardon, Michael J ^a  

^a HOUSTON METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b SM 1246 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GROWTH; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART SARCOMA; HEART SURGERY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; PERICARDIAL PATCH; PERICARDIUM; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SYSTEMIC THERAPY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VISCERAL METASTASIS;

EID: 18144422400     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2003.11.002     Document Type: Article

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