Primary sarcoma of the heart: case report and literature review

Abstract Background Primary cardiac tumors are extremely rare. Most primary cardiac tumors are benign and around one quarter is malign. Sarcomas are accounting for 95% of these malign tumors and they show different histologies. The prognosis is poor with a mean survival of 3 months to 1 year, even w...

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Main Authors: Rieneke Moeri-Schimmel, Elisabeth Pras, Ingrid Desar, Stijn Krol, Pètra Braam
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-05-01
Series:Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13019-020-01157-4