Primary cardiac sarcoma

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 925-932

  Shanmugam, Ganesh ^a  

^a ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autotransplantation; Cardiac sarcomas; Lymphoma; Transplantation

Indexed keywords

ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AUTOTRANSPLANTATION; BLEEDING; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART LYMPHOMA; HEART MYXOMA; HEART SARCOMA; HEART SURGERY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HEART NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROGNOSIS; SARCOMA;

EID: 33646562484     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2006.03.034     Document Type: Review

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