An autopsy case of angiosarcoma arising around a woven Dacron prothesis after a Cabrol operation

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 127, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1843-1845

  Okada, Masaho ^a,b,d   Takeuchi, Eiji ^a,b   Mori, Yoshio ^a,b   Ichihara, Shu ^a,b   Usui, Akihiko ^a,c   Ueda, Yuichi ^a,c  

^a Nagoya National Hospital ^*

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION NAGOYA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^c NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^d NAGOYA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD31 ANTIGEN; DACRON;

ADULT; ANGIOSARCOMA; AORTA ANNULUS ECTASIA; AORTA DISEASE; AORTA GRAFT; AORTA ROOT; AORTA SURGERY; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BJOERK SHILEY VALVE PROSTHESIS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN METASTASIS; CABROL OPERATION; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DACRON IMPLANT; ENDOCARDITIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MARFAN SYNDROME; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

EID: 2642581756     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2004.01.021     Document Type: Article

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