Cardiac angiosarcoma presenting with tamponade

Internal Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 20, 2012, Pages 2905-2907

  Chalhoub, Elie ^a   Mattar, Bassam I ^a,b   Shaheen, Wassim ^a,c   Schulz, Thomas K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE WICHITA   (United States)

^b Cancer Center of Kansas   (United States)

^c Heartland Cardiology   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiosarcoma; Cardiac tumor; Pericardial effusion; Tamponade

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CD31 ANTIGEN; CD34 ANTIGEN; DOCETAXEL; DOXORUBICIN; GEMCITABINE; IFOSFAMIDE; INFUSION FLUID; MESNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FLI 1;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; ANGIOSARCOMA; ARTICLE; CARDIOMEGALY; CASE REPORT; CHEST TIGHTNESS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DEATH; FOLLOW UP; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART TAMPONADE; HEMOPERICARDIUM; HUMAN; LIVER INJURY; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; PLEURA EFFUSION; QRS COMPLEX; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

CARDIAC TAMPONADE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; HEART NEOPLASMS; HEMANGIOSARCOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84867785681     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.51.7704     Document Type: Article

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