A rare cause of fatal right heart failure

European Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 68-70

  Stucki, Armin ^a   Kruse, Anja ^a   Iff, Samuel ^a   Stanga, Zeno ^a   Cottagnoud, Philippe ^a   Gerber, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Lung involvement; Pulmonary hypertension; Tumor cell embolism

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; HEPARIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYANOSIS; DEATH; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART DILATATION; HEART RIGHT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER METASTASIS; LUNG EMBOLISM; MASTECTOMY; MICROSCOPIC PULMONARY TUMOR EMBOLISM; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PULMONARY ARTERY OCCLUSION; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; THORAX; TUMOR CELL; VASCULAR DISEASE;

EID: 29344440264     PISSN: 09536205     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejim.2005.08.008     Document Type: Article

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