Successful surgical excision of primary right atrial angiosarcoma

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Primary cardiac angiosarcoma is a rare and aggressive tumor with a high incidence of metastatic spread (up to 89%) at the time of diagnosis, which restricts the indication for surgical resection to a small number of patients. We report the case of a 50-year old C...

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Main Authors: van der Horst Iwan CC, Suurmeijer Albert JH, Willems Tineke P, Lexis Chris PH, Bouma Wobbe, Ebels Tjark, Mariani Massimo A
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-04-01
Series:Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Online Access:http://www.cardiothoracicsurgery.org/content/6/1/47