Primary endothelial sarcoma of the thoracic aorta

Vascular

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 140-144

  Rückert, Ralph I ^a   Rudolph, Birgit ^a   Rogalla, Patrik ^a   Walter, Michael ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aortic sarcoma; Imaging techniques; Pathology; Prognosis; Surgical treatment

Indexed keywords

VASCULOTROPIN;

ACUTE ABDOMEN; ADULT; AORTA DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER BIOPSY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SARCOMA; THORACIC AORTA; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULAR TUMOR;

EID: 3042615870     PISSN: 17085381     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/rsmvasc.12.2.140     Document Type: Article

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