Primary Malignant Cardiac Tumors: A Rare Disease With an Adventurous Journey

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiology Mediclinic Al-Jowhara/Al Ain Hospitals Al Ain United Arab Emirates.
² Department of Cardiology Mount Sinai Beth Israel Hospital New York NY.
³ Division of Cardiology Atlanta VA Medical Center Decatur GA.
⁴ Department of Internal Medicine University of South Alabama Medical Center Mobile AL.

Editorial

Rajeev Gupta et al. J Am Heart Assoc. 2020.

. 2020 May 18;9(10):e016032.

doi: 10.1161/JAHA.120.016032. Epub 2020 May 10.

¹ Department of Cardiology Mediclinic Al-Jowhara/Al Ain Hospitals Al Ain United Arab Emirates.
² Department of Cardiology Mount Sinai Beth Israel Hospital New York NY.
³ Division of Cardiology Atlanta VA Medical Center Decatur GA.
⁴ Department of Internal Medicine University of South Alabama Medical Center Mobile AL.

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Keywords: 3‐dimensional printing; Editorials; cardiac computed tomography; cardiac magnetic resonance imaging; cardiac tumor; echocardiography.

Comment on

Survival Differences in Men and Women With Primary Malignant Cardiac Tumor: An Analysis Using the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) Database From 1973 to 2015.
Antwi-Amoabeng D, Meghji Z, Thakkar S, Ulanja MB, Taha M, Adalja D, Al-Khafaji J, Gullapalli N, Beutler BD, Boampong-Konam K, Doshi R. Antwi-Amoabeng D, et al. J Am Heart Assoc. 2020 May 18;9(10):e014846. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.119.014846. Epub 2020 May 10. J Am Heart Assoc. 2020. PMID: 32389047 Free PMC article.

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