Heart, Lung and Circulation
Volume 16, Issue 2 , Pages 116-117 , April 2007

A Rare Intracardiac Mass: Cardiac Paraganglioma

  • Yildirim Imren, MD

      Affiliations

    • Gazi University Medical Faculty, Cardiovascular Surgery Department, Ankara, Turkey
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Gazi University Medical Faculty, Cardiovascular Surgery Department, Gazi Hospital, Besevler 06500, Ankara, Turkey. Tel.: +90 312 202 67 97; fax: +90 312 212 90 14.
    • ,
  • Irfan Tasoglu, MD

      Affiliations

    • Gazi University Medical Faculty, Cardiovascular Surgery Department, Ankara, Turkey
    • ,
  • Ariel A. Benson, BA

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University – New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York, USA
    • ,
  • Volkan Sinci, MD

      Affiliations

    • Gazi University Medical Faculty, Cardiovascular Surgery Department, Ankara, Turkey

Received 23 August 2006 ,Accepted 4 December 2006.

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PII: S1443-9506(06)00291-5

doi: 10.1016/j.hlc.2006.12.002

Heart, Lung and Circulation
Volume 16, Issue 2 , Pages 116-117 , April 2007

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