Left ventricular metastasis from a primary lung carcinoma

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 120, Issue 24, 2007, Pages 2323-2324

  Che, Guo Wei ^a   Liu, Lun Xu ^a   Zhang, Er Yong ^a   Zhou, Qing Hua ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Left ventricle; Lung carcinoma; Metastatic tumor

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN;

ADRENAL METASTASIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; FATALITY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART METASTASIS; HEART MURMUR; HEART MYXOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG INFECTION; LUNG LOBECTOMY; LUNG SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; MALE; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; THORAX PAIN; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 38349097894     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00029330-200712020-00034     Document Type: Article

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