Acta Med. 2008, 51: 237-239

https://doi.org/10.14712/18059694.2017.31

Surgical Treatment of a Giant Primary Cardiac Angiosarcoma

Maruf Sanlia, Bulent Tuncozgura, Alper Sevincb, Bahadir Daglarc, Kemal Bakird, Levent Elbeylia

aGaziantep University, School of Medicine, Department of Thoracic Surgery, Gaziantep, Turkey
bGaziantep University, School of Medicine, Gaziantep Oncology Hospital, Department of Medical Oncology, Turkey
cIzzet Baysal University, School of Medicine, Department of Cardivascular Surgery, Bolu, Turkey
dGaziantep University, School of Medicine, Department of Pathology, Gaziantep, Turkey

Received June 1, 2008
Accepted November 1, 2008

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