Primary malignant fibrous histiocytoma of the heart with skeletal muscles metastases

Journal of Cardiac Surgery

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 513-516

  Milicic, Davor ^a   Juretic, Antonio ^a   Bulum, Josko ^a   Saric, Nera ^a   Bisof, Vesna ^a   Jelic, Ivan ^a   Jelasic, Drazen ^a  

^a KBC Zagreb   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOCETAXEL; DOXORUBICIN; GEMCITABINE; IFOSFAMIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RELAPSE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART MYXOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALIGNANT FIBROUS HISTIOCYTOMA; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; PROGNOSIS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

FEMALE; HEART NEOPLASMS; HISTIOCYTOMA, MALIGNANT FIBROUS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE NEOPLASMS; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 36549026463     PISSN: 08860440     EISSN: 15408191     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2007.00451.x     Document Type: Article

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