A unique case of pulmonary artery leiomyosarcoma

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 98, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1995-1997

  Akram, Kamran ^a,b   Silverman, Mark E ^a,c   Voros, Szilard ^a,c  

^a Atlanta Medical Center ^*  (United States)

^b PIEDMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Circulatory arrest; Pulmonary artery leiomyosarcoma; Pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

DOCETAXEL; DOXORUBICIN; GEMCITABINE; HEPARIN; IFOSFAMIDE; SUNITINIB; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATHETER; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY DISEASE; PULMONARY ARTERY LEIOMYOSARCOMA; RESUSCITATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; VASCULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33845635180     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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