Cardiovascular magnetic resonance of primary tumors of the heart: A review

Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 839-853

  Fieno, David S ^a,b   Saouaf, Rola ^a,b   Thomson, Louise E J ^a,b   Abidov, Aiden ^a,b   Friedman, John D ^a,b,c   Berman, Daniel S ^a,b,c  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BURNS AND ALLEN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Case Report; Heart; Myxoma; Review; Review of Cases; Tumor

Indexed keywords

AGED; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXERCISE TEST; FIBROELASTOMA; FIBROMA; HEART ATRIUM MYXOMA; HEART TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIPOMA; LYMPHOMA; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHABDOMYOMA; SARCOMA; TERATOMA; THROMBOGENESIS;

AGED; HEART ATRIA; HEART NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, CINE; MALE; MYXOMA;

EID: 33750372856     PISSN: 10976647     EISSN: 1532429X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10976640600777975     Document Type: Review

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