Resection of a thrombus floating in the aortic arch

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 899-901

  Walther, Thomas ^a   Mochalski, Michael ^a   Falk, Volkmar ^a   Mohr, Friedrich W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA ARCH; AORTA THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AORTA, THORACIC; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; THROMBECTOMY; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0030245721     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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