Non-invasive cardiologic findings in patients with malignant melanoma

Melanoma Research

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 441-446

  Bischiniotis, Theodoros ^a,b   Andreadis, Charalampos ^a   Zavos, Christos ^a   Christidou, Fotini ^a   Platogiannis, Dimitrios ^a   Moldovan, Leora ^a   Mouratidou, Despina ^a  

^a THEAGENIO CANCER HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cardiac metastases; Echocardiogram; Electrocardiogram; Malignant melanoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AUTOPSY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAPHY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMALE; HEART CONDUCTION; HEART METASTASIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; NON INVASIVE MEASUREMENT; PR INTERVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; Q WAVE; QRS COMPLEX; QT INTERVAL; SIGNAL AVERAGED ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 27644482200     PISSN: 09608931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00008390-200510000-00013     Document Type: Conference Paper

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