Cardiac and pericardial tumors

Cardiology in Review

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 237-252

  Lamba, Gurpreet ^a   Frishman, William H ^a  

^a WESTCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiac tumors; diagnosis; management; myxomas

Indexed keywords

FIBROELASTOMA; FIBROMA; HAMARTOMA; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM LIPOMATOUS HYPERTROPHY; HEART TUMOR; HEMANGIOMA; HUMAN; LIPOMA; LYMPHANGIOMA; MYXOMA; PAPILLARY FIBROELASTOMA; PARAGANGLIOMA; PERICARDIUM TUMOR; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RHABDOMYOMA; TERATOMA; THORACOSCOPY; THYMOMA;

CARDIAC IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FORECASTING; HEART NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; PERICARDIUM; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 84864871602     PISSN: 10615377     EISSN: 15384683     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CRD.0b013e31825603e7     Document Type: Review

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