Sarcomatous pleural mesothelioma metastatic to left ventricular endocardium: A case report and literature review

Angiology

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 517-521

  Senkottaiyan, Neelavathi ^a   Seacord, Lynne M ^a   Fulling, Keith H ^a   Birchem, Jessica A ^a   Fraley, Matthew A ^a   Alpert, Martin A ^a  

^a ST JOHN S MERCY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASBESTOS;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOCARDIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART METASTASIS; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PLEURA MESOTHELIOMA; SARCOMA; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; ENDOCARDIUM; HEART NEOPLASMS; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PLEURAL NEOPLASMS; SARCOMA;

EID: 33749015449     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0003319706290737     Document Type: Article

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