Intimal sarcoma of the pulmonary artery: With retrograde extension into the pulmonic valve and right ventricle

Texas Heart Institute Journal

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 119-121

  Ozbek, Cengiz ^a   Emrecan, Bilgin ^a,b   Calli, Aylin Orgen ^a   Gurbuz, Ali ^a  

^a ATATURK TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Antineoplastic combined chemotherapy protocols; Diagnosis, differential; Epirubicin; Ifosfamide; Prognosis; Pulmonary artery pathology; Pulmonary embolism diagnosis; Sarcoma complications diagnosis drug therapy pathology surgery

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; EPIRUBICIN; IFOSFAMIDE;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CASE REPORT; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ARREST; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT OBSTRUCTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTIMA; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; LUNG ARTERY SARCOMA; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POLITEF IMPLANT; PULMONARY ARTERY DISEASE; SARCOMA; SINUS RHYTHM; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION;

ADULT; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; PULMONARY VALVE; SARCOMA; TUNICA INTIMA; VASCULAR NEOPLASMS; VENTRICULAR OUTFLOW OBSTRUCTION;

EID: 34247173488     PISSN: 07302347     EISSN: 15266702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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