Heart lymphoma 6 years after a prosthetic ascending aorta replacement: Related or unrelated?

Minerva Chirurgica

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 43-45

  Hashemi Afrapoli, A ^a,b   Brunet, A P ^a,b   Marnette, J M ^a,b  

^a Centre Hospitalier Regional de Namur   (Belgium)

^b CNAC (Centre Namurois de Cardiologie et de Chirurgie Cardiaque)   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Aortic dissection; Dacron; Heart; Lymphoma

Indexed keywords

POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE;

AGED; AORTA; ARTICLE; B CELL LYMPHOMA; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; CASE REPORT; HEART TUMOR; HUMAN;

AGED; AORTA; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; HEART NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPHOMA, B-CELL; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES;

EID: 33947582404     PISSN: 00264733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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