Cardiac angiosarcoma diagnosed and characterized by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging

Cardiology in Review

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 101-103

  Deetjen, Anja G ^a   Conradi, Guido ^a   Möllmann, Susanne ^a   Hamm, Christian W ^a   Dill, Thorsten ^a  

^a KERCKHOFF HEART CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Angiosarcoma; Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Cardiac tumors

Indexed keywords

DOXORUBICIN; IFOSFAMIDE; PACLITAXEL;

ADULT; ANGIOSARCOMA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM; HEART SARCOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TUMOR VOLUME; HEART TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

FEMALE; HEART NEOPLASMS; HEMANGIOSARCOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, CINE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33744982665     PISSN: 10615377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.crd.0000174802.61576.5e     Document Type: Article

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