Primary mesothelioma of atrioventricular node: cause of sudden death.
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Mesothelioma of the atrioventricular node.
A patient with Mobitz type 2 heart block caused by a mesothelioma of the atrioventricular node died of a subarachnoid haemorrhage at the age of 33 two years after implantation of a permanent pacemaker. Mesothelioma of the atrioventricular node is rare, and reported cases have all been diagnosed post mortem. Mesothelioma of the atrioventricular node should be considered in the differential diagn...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Pathology
سال: 1986
ISSN: 0021-9746
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.39.8.926