Primary undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma of the left atrium that presented as acute pulmonary edema

Yonsei Medical Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 131-134

  Suh, Sung Hwan ^a   Park, Tae Ho ^a   Yoo, Jung Nam ^a   Cha, Kwang Soo ^a   Kim, Moo Hyun ^a   Kim, Young Dae ^a   Wu, Jong Soo ^a   Roh, Mee Sook ^a  

^a Dong A University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acute pulmonary edema; Echocardiography; Undifferentiated pleomorphic sarcoma

Indexed keywords

CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; FEMALE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART SARCOMA; HISTOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; KOREA; LUNG EDEMA; MITRAL VALVE; MYXOMA; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TUMOR VOLUME; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; PULMONARY EDEMA; SARCOMA;

EID: 33947172063     PISSN: 05135796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3349/ymj.2007.48.1.131     Document Type: Article

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