Primary maligant pericardial mesothelioma presening as pericardial constrication

Annals of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 396-398

  Kainuma, Satoshi ^a,c   Masai, Takafumi ^a   Yamauchi, Takashi ^a   Takeda, Koji ^a   Ito, Hiroshi ^a   Sawa, Yoshiki ^b  

^a Sakurabashi Watanabe Hospital   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c OSAKA ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Pericardial constriction; Pericardiectomy; Primary malignant pericardial mesothelioma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSTRICTIVE PERICARDITIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART SURGERY; HEART TUMOR; HUMAN; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; PERICARDIUM; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MESOTHELIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; PERICARDITIS, CONSTRICTIVE; PERICARDIUM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 62449248699     PISSN: 13411098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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