Primary angiosarcoma of the pericardium: Case report and review of the literature

Kardiologia Polska

Volumn 68, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 802-805

  Timóteo, Ana Teresa ^a   Branco, Luísa Moura ^a   Bravio, Ivan ^a   Pinto, Eugénia ^a   Timoteo, Teresa ^a   Matos, Pedro ^a   Ferreira, Rui Cruz ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE SANTA MARTA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Pericardial angiosarcoma; Primary cardiac tumours

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CD31 ANTIGEN; DOCETAXEL; DOXORUBICIN; EPIRRUBICINE; IFOSFAMIDE; MESNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIMENTIN;

ADULT; ANEMIA; ANGIOSARCOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HEART FUNCTION; HEART MUSCLE FIBER MEMBRANE; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART SURGERY; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHADENITIS; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; MEDIASTINUM; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PERICARDIAL BIOPSY; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; PERICARDITIS; PERICARDIUM; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN;

EID: 77956677757     PISSN: 00229032     EISSN: 00229032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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