Primary myxofibrosarcoma of the left atrium: Case report and review of the literature

Angiology

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 632-635

  Lazaros, George A ^a   Matsakas, Evangelos P ^a   Madas, John S ^a   Toli, Dina I ^a   Nikas, Dimitris J ^a   Kershaw, Melissa A ^b   Alpert, Martin A ^b  

^a IASO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b ST JOHN S MERCY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dyspnea; Left atrium; Myxofibrosarcoma; Recurrence

Indexed keywords

IMATINIB;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOCHEMISTRY; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM MYXOFIBROSARCOMA; HEART SARCOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABORATORY TEST; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FIBROSARCOMA; HEART ATRIA; HEART NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MYXOMA; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY;

EID: 53949093445     PISSN: 00033197     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0003319707306079     Document Type: Article

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