Evaluation of cardiac tumors in children by electron-beam computed tomography: Rhabdomyoma and fibroma

Circulation Journal

Volumn 69, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1352-1356

  Sugiyama, Hisashi ^a,b   Naito, Hiroaki ^a   Tsukano, Shinya ^a   Echigo, Shigeyuki ^a   Kamiya, Tetsuro ^a  

^a NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cardiac tumors; Children; Electron beam computed tomography; Fibroma; Rhabdomyoma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ELECTRON BEAM TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBROMA; HEART MUSCLE; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART TUMOR; HEART VENTRICLE FILLING; HEART VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HUMAN; MALE; RHABDOMYOMA; TUMOR CALCINOSIS; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FIBROMA; HEART NEOPLASMS; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RHABDOMYOMA; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED;

EID: 27644466828     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.69.1352     Document Type: Article

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