Primary cardiac fibroma: A rising giant in a small cavity - Size does matter

Heart Surgery Forum

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 119-121

  D'Hondt, Beelke ^a   Rega, Filip R ^a   Mertens, Luc ^a   Gewillig, Marc ^a   Meyns, Bart ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DESMIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; VIMENTIN;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART TUMOR; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 46049098549     PISSN: 10983511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1532/HSF98.20081001     Document Type: Article

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