Primary cardiac angiosarcoma: In a patient with a Dacron aortic prosthesis

Texas Heart Institute Journal

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 61-65

  Almeida, Nathan J ^a   Hoang, Priscilla ^a   Biddle, Paul ^a   Arouni, Amy ^a   Esterbrooks, Dennis ^a  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY CARDIAC CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiosarcoma etiology pathology primary; Antineoplastic agents therapeutic use; Blood vessel prosthesis adverse effects; Chemotherapy, adjuvant; Fatal outcome; Heart neoplasms primary; Neoplasm metastasis; Polyethylene terephthalates adverse effects; Radiotherapy, adjuvant

Indexed keywords

DACRON; PACLITAXEL;

ADULT; ANGIOSARCOMA; ANKLE EDEMA; AORTA PROSTHESIS; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DACRON IMPLANT; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; DYSPNEA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEART TAMPONADE; HUMAN; LUNG NODULE; METASTASIS; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PRIMARY CARDIAC ANGIOSARCOMA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VERTEBRAL CANAL STENOSIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; AORTIC ANEURYSM; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HEART NEOPLASMS; HEMANGIOSARCOMA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79953052623     PISSN: 07302347     EISSN: 15266702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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