Ruptured pseudoaneurysm of the pulmonary artery - Rare manifestation of a primary pulmonary artery sarcoma

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 120-121

  Koch, Achim ^a   Mechtersheimer, Gunhild ^a   Tochtermann, Ursula ^a   Karck, Matthias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Pulmonary artery; Pulmonary artery sarcoma

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CONTRAST MEDIUM; PARAFFIN; POLITEF; VIMENTIN;

ADULT; ANEURYSM RUPTURE; ARTERY EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CASE REPORT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FALSE ANEURYSM; FROZEN SECTION; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG PARENCHYMA; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY; PULMONARY ARTERY ANEURYSM; SARCOMA; STERNOTOMY; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; VASCULAR TUMOR;

ANEURYSM, FALSE; ANEURYSM, RUPTURED; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CHEST PAIN; GARDENING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; PULMONARY ARTERY; SARCOMA; STERNOTOMY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 74849101789     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2009.219840     Document Type: Article

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