Surgical resection of solitary metastasis of malignant melanoma to the right atrium

Texas Heart Institute Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 598-601

  Onan, Burak ^a   Onan, Ismihan Selen ^a   Polat, Bulent ^a  

^a FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Computer assisted methods; Endocardium pathology; Heart atria surgery ultrasonography; Heart neoplasms complications diagnosis pathology secondary surgery; Image interpretation; Melanoma diagnosis secondary surgery; Neoplasm metastasis; Neoplasms, unknown primary; Prognosis; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DYSPEPSIA; HEART METASTASIS; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM TUMOR; HEART SURGERY; HEART TUMOR; HEARTBURN; HUMAN; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MELANOMA; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIA; HEART NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; NEOPLASMS, UNKNOWN PRIMARY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78449264865     PISSN: 07302347     EISSN: 15266702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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