Cystic tumor of the atrioventricular node: an unexpected finding in an explanted heart

Cardiovascular Pathology

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Sharma, Gaurav ^a   Linden, Michael D ^a   Schultz, Daniel S ^a   Inamdar, Kedar V ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrioventricular node; Cystic tumor; Explanted heart

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIAC GRAFT REJECTION; CASE REPORT; COMPLETE HEART BLOCK; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; HEART MUSCLE CONDUCTION DISTURBANCE; HEART SARCOMA; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND DEGREE ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; SUDDEN DEATH; THORAX PAIN; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CYSTS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART BLOCK; HEART NEOPLASMS; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77951877502     PISSN: 10548807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carpath.2008.10.011     Document Type: Article

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