Coronary angioscopy confirms the presence of red thrombus in acute myocardial infarction after blunt chest trauma

American Heart Journal

Volumn 131, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1216-1218

  Jessurun, Gillian A J ^a   Den Heijer, Peter ^a   May, Johan F ^a   Lie, Kong I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ANGIOSCOPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX BLUNT TRAUMA; THROMBUS; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

EID: 0029889788     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-8703(96)90099-X     Document Type: Article

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