Cardiac inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor as a rare cause of aortic regurgitation: A case report

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 132, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 150-151

  Su, Jang Wen ^a   Caleb, Michael George ^b   Tan, Ru San ^a   Low, Adrian Fatt Hoe ^b   Lim, Chong Hee ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA ROOT; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HUMAN; PLASMA CELL GRANULOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AORTIC VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; BLOOD SEDIMENTATION; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; GRANULOMA, PLASMA CELL; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33745223543     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2006.03.011     Document Type: Article

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