Failure of medical therapy for pulmonary "thromboembolic" disease: Beware the unsuspected primary sarcoma of the pulmonary artery

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 128, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 763-765

  Choong, Cliff K ^a   Lawton, Jennifer S ^a   Moon, Marc R ^a   Damiano Jr , Ralph J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

11; 18; 26

Indexed keywords

DOXORUBICIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDARTERECTOMY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG BLOOD FLOW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; VASCULAR TUMOR;

DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; SARCOMA; VASCULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 6344278422     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2004.03.049     Document Type: Article

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