Transthoracic echocardiography-guided biopsy of a right ventricular mass

Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 274-276

  Auriti, Antonio ^a   Pandozi, Claudio ^a   Altamura, Vito ^a   Cianfrocca, Cinzia ^a   Manente, Liborio ^a   Santini, Massimo ^a  

^a SAN FILIPPO NERI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biopsy; Heart tumor; Transthoracic echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETER; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; T WAVE; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; BIOPSY; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HEART NEOPLASMS; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL;

EID: 34247118225     PISSN: 15582027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2459/01.JCM.0000263505.83449.07     Document Type: Article

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