Tumors and tumor-like lesions of the heart valves
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Tumors and tumor-like lesions of the heart valves
Valvular tumors and tumor-like lesions may have similar morphological and clinical characteristics, and may place the patients at a high risk of stroke in different ways. From January 2004 to June 2008, 11 patients underwent surgery for a suspected valvular tumor. Valvular tumor and tumor-like lesions accounted for 0.32% of adult cardiac operations. Five (45.5%) valvular lesions were papillary ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Rare Tumors
سال: 2009
ISSN: 2036-3613,2036-3613
DOI: 10.4081/rt.2009.e35