A pedunculated left ventricular hemangioma initially misdiagnosed as thrombus in a woman with atypical chest pain

Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 227-232

  Tanrikulu, M Azra ^a   Ozben, Beste ^a   Cincin, A Altug ^a   Baskan, Ozdil ^b   Agirbasli, Mehmet ^a  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Sonomed Imaging Center   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cardiac hemangioma; Cardiac mass; Cardiac thrombus; Chest pain

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART SURGERY; HEART VENTRICLE THROMBOSIS; HEMANGIOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC HEART MURMUR; THORAX PAIN; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

CHEST PAIN; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HEMANGIOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 62149122954     PISSN: 09295305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11239-008-0201-6     Document Type: Article

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