Pulmonary artery angiosarcoma confused with acute pulmonary thromboembolism: Focusing on clinical and echocardiographic features in the differentiation of two categories

Journal of Cardiovascular Ultrasound

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 44-47

  Kim, Mi Joo ^a   Kim, Min Su ^a   Park, Jae Hyeong ^a   Park, Kwang In ^a   Lee, Choong Sik ^a   Na, Myung Hoon ^a   Lee, Jae Hwan ^a   Choi, Si Wan ^a   Jeong, Jin Ok ^a   Seong, In Whan ^a  

^a Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Echocardiography; Pulmonary artery angiosarcoma; Pulmonary embolism

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; CD31 ANTIGEN; DACARBAZINE; DOXORUBICIN; IFOSFAMIDE; MESNA; VIMENTIN;

AGED; ANGIOSARCOMA; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; FOLLOW UP; HEART DISEASE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE OUTFLOW TRACT; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; NEW YORK HEART ASSOCIATION CLASS; PHYSICIAN; PULMONARY ARTERY ANGIOSARCOMA; PULMONARY VALVE REPLACEMENT; RIGHT VENTRICLE DILATATION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION;

EID: 84959852257     PISSN: 19754612     EISSN: 20059655     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4250/jcu.2015.23.1.44     Document Type: Article

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