MRI misinterpretation of spontaneous echo-contrast as a large left atrial thrombus

International Journal of Cardiac Imaging

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 85-88

  Raggi, Paolo ^a   Daniels, Mark ^b   Shanoudy, Hany ^b   Jarmukli, Nabil F ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); Thrombosis; Transesophageal

Indexed keywords

WARFARIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; COR TRIATRIATUM; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SIMULATION; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0029762636     PISSN: 01679899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01880738     Document Type: Article

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