Orthotopic heart transplant: A therapeutic option for unresectable cardiac fibroma in infants

Congenital Heart Disease

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Kobayashi, Daisuke ^a   L'Ecuyer, Thomas J ^a   Aggarwal, Sanjeev ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac Fibroma; Infant; Orthotopic Heart Transplant

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CARDIOMEGALY; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CASE REPORT; CHORIOAMNIONITIS; CYTOGENETICS; CYTOLOGY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART MUSCLE FIBROMA; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART TUMOR; HUMAN; LARGE FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; LUNG VASCULAR RESISTANCE; NEWBORN; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

FEMALE; FIBROMA; HEART NEOPLASMS; HEART SEPTUM; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; INFANT;

EID: 84864310302     PISSN: 1747079X     EISSN: 17470803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0803.2011.00577.x     Document Type: Article

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