Low-grade myofibroblastic sarcoma of the heart causing sudden death

Cardiovascular Pathology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 55-59

  Eisenstat, Jonathan ^a   Gilson, Thomas ^a   Reimann, Julie ^a   Sampson, Barbara ^a  

^a Georgia Bureau of Investigation   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac tumor; Myofibroblastic neoplasm; Sarcoma; Sudden death

Indexed keywords

AORTA VALVE; ARTICLE; ASIAN; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLLAPSE; CORONARY ARTERY; FEMALE; HEART SARCOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MYOFIBROBLAST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SUDDEN DEATH; SYMPTOM;

AORTIC VALVE; AUTOPSY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEATH, SUDDEN; FEMALE; HEART NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; SARCOMA;

EID: 37349059388     PISSN: 10548807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carpath.2006.12.006     Document Type: Article

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