Pericardial obliteration by angiosarcoma.
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Pericardial obliteration by angiosarcoma.
Primary cardiac angiosarcoma caused pericardial obliteration and death from tamponade in a 66 year old man.
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عنوان ژورنال: Heart
سال: 1988
ISSN: 1355-6037
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.60.3.262