Calcified amorphous tumor of the heart;Tumor amorfo calcificante intracardiaco

Revista Espanola de Cardiologia

Volumn 61, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 892-893

  Gutiérrez Barrios, Alejandro ^a   Muriel Cueto, Pedro ^a   Lancho Novillo, Carolina ^a   Sancho Jaldón, Manuel ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO PUERTA DEL MAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; HEPARIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; HEART SURGERY; HEART TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION; INTRACARDIAC THROMBOSIS; LETTER; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 49449102332     PISSN: 03008932     EISSN: 15792242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13125002     Document Type: Letter

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