Primary cardiac angiosarcoma - A review

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 20, Issue , 2014, Pages 103-109

  Patel, Swetal Dilip ^a   Peterson, Ashley ^a   Bartczak, Artur ^b   Lee, Sarah ^a   Chojnowski, Sławomir ^c   Gajewski, Piotr ^c   Loukas, Marios ^a  

^a ST GEORGE S UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Grenada)

^b MEDICAL CENTER FOR POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION   (Poland)

^c BIELANSKI HOSPITAL   (Poland)

Author keywords

Antigens; CD31; CD34; Heart Neoplasms; Hemangiosarcoma; Proto Oncogene Protein c fli 1; Vimentin

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; CD31 ANTIGEN; CD34 ANTIGEN; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; CYTOKERATIN; DACARBAZINE; DOXORUBICIN; IFOSFAMIDE; KI 67 ANTIGEN; MITOMYCIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PACLITAXEL; PROTEIN P53; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR FLI 1; VIMENTIN; VINCRISTINE; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR; ACTIN BINDING PROTEIN; CELL RECEPTOR; FLII PROTEIN, HUMAN; TUMOR MARKER;

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ANATOMY; ANGIOSARCOMA; BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY; CANCER INFILTRATION; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DYSPNEA; GENE MUTATION; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART TAMPONADE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METASTASIS FREE SURVIVAL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; PRIMARY CARDIAC ANGIOSARCOMA; RADICAL RESECTION; REVIEW; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART NEOPLASMS; HEMANGIOSARCOMA; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY;

ANTIGENS, CD31; ANTIGENS, CD34; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART NEOPLASMS; HEMANGIOSARCOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROFILAMENT PROTEINS; RECEPTORS, CYTOPLASMIC AND NUCLEAR; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

EID: 84896706929     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12659/MSM.889875     Document Type: Review

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