Cardiac fibroma in an infant: Complete resection after a blalock-taussig shunt as initial palliation

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1011-1014

  Lee, Cheul ^a   Kim, Soo Jin ^a   Kim, Yang Min ^a  

^a Sejong General Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLALOCK TAUSSIG SHUNT; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CYANOSIS; FEMALE; FETUS ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FIBROMA; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE FIBROMA; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE; HEART TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOXIA; INFANT; LUNG BLOOD FLOW; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STERNOTOMY; TUMOR VOLUME; HEART NEOPLASMS; HEART SURGERY; NEWBORN; PROCEDURES;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; FIBROMA; HEART NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PALLIATIVE CARE;

EID: 77956152549     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.02.046     Document Type: Article

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