Primary cardiac angiosarcoma presenting with cardiac tamponade

Korean Circulation Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 86-89

  Kim, Dae Myung ^a   Hong, Jin Hee ^a   Kim, Sun Young ^a   Yoo, Kyung Don ^a   Seo, Ji Young ^a   Rhee, Kun Joo ^a   Kim, Byung Ok ^a   Goh, Choong Won ^a   Park, Kyoung Min ^a   Kim, Jeong Hoon ^a   Huh, Jae Hak ^a   Kim, Hyun Jung ^a   Byun, Young Sup ^a  

^a Inje University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Angiosarcoma; Cardiac tumor; Hemopericardium

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ALBUMIN; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; CD34 ANTIGEN; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; NITROGEN; PROTEIN; UREA;

ADULT; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ANGIOSARCOMA; ARTICLE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY TEMPERATURE; BREATHING RATE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CELL; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRAIN; DYSPNEA; EMERGENCY WARD; ENDOCARDIUM; ERYTHROCYTE COUNT; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEART CANCER; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART TAMPONADE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; JUGULAR VEIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MITOSIS; NEUTROPHIL COUNT; ORTHOPNEA; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; PERICARDIUM; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIMARY CARDIAC ANGIOSARCOMA; PRIMARY CARDIAC SARCOMA; PRIMARY TUMOR; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PULSE RATE; SPINDLE CELL; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRICUSPID VALVE; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

EID: 77949387509     PISSN: 17385520     EISSN: 17385555     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4070/kcj.2010.40.2.86     Document Type: Article

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