Contrast echocardiography as a useful additional diagnostic tool in evaluating a primary cardiac tumor

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 388-391

  Haverkamp, M C P ^a   Scholte, A J H A ^a   Holman, E R ^a   Jongbloed, M R M ^a   Schippers, E F ^a   de Roos, A ^a   van der Wall, E E ^a   Poldermans, D ^b   Bax, J J ^a   Schalij, M J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cardiac mass; Contrast echocardiography; Echocardiography; HIV; Primary cardiac lymphoma

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; ECHO CONTRAST MEDIUM; PREDNISONE; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; B CELL LYMPHOMA; CANCER GRADING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CYTOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FOLLOW UP; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PR INTERVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; HEART ATRIA; HEART NEOPLASMS; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, LARGE-CELL, DIFFUSE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 24344497305     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: 15322114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euje.2005.02.002     Document Type: Article

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