Characterization and management of cardiac tumors

Seminars in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 6-20

  Castillo, Javier G ^a   Silvay, George ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Characterization; Heart; Management; Tumor

Indexed keywords

ANGIOSARCOMA; AUTOPSY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CARCINOID; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FIBROELASTOMA; HAMARTOMA; HEART ATRIOVENTRICULAR NODE TUMOR; HEART MYXOMA; HEART TUMOR; HEMANGIOMA; HUMAN; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; LIPOMA; LYMPHOMA; METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OSTEOSARCOMA; PAPILLARY FIBROELASTOMA; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROME; PATIENT REFERRAL; REVIEW; RHABDOMYOMA; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TUMOR CELL DESTRUCTION; TUMOR EMBOLISM; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; ARTICLE; CARCINOID SYNDROME; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FIBROMA; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM MYXOMA; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ADULT; CHILD; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FIBROMA; HEART NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LIPOMA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MYXOMA; RHABDOMYOMA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77954929969     PISSN: 10892532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1089253210362596     Document Type: Review

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