Angiosarcoma in the right atria demonstrated by fusion images of multislice computed tomography and positron emission tomography using F-18 Fluoro-Deoxyglucose

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Hori, Yasuhiko ^a   Funabashi, Nobusada ^a   Miyauchi, Hideyuki ^a   Nakagawa, Keiichi ^a   Shimura, Hitoshi ^b   Miyazaki, Masaru ^b   Kozono, Hideaki ^a   Nagai, Yuichiro ^b   Ishikura, Hiroshi ^b   Nagai, Toshio ^a   Kobayashi, Yoshio ^a   Komuro, Issei ^a  

^a CHIBA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Angiosarcoma; F 18 Flouro Deoxyglucose; Fusion images; Multislice computed tomography; Positron emission tomography

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANGIOSARCOMA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HEART TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F18; HEART ATRIA; HEART NEOPLASMS; HEMANGIOSARCOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 36148929804     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2006.11.093     Document Type: Article

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