Mobile thromboses of the aortic arch without aortic debris: A transesophageal echocardiographic finding associated with unexplained arterial embolism

Circulation

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 288-294

  Laperche, Thierry ^a   Laurian, Claude ^d   Roudaut, Raymond ^b   Steg, P Gabriel ^c  

^a BEAUJON HOSPITAL   (France)

^b HAUT LÉVÊQUE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^d SAINT JOSEPH HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Aortic arch syndromes; Echocardiography; Embolism; Thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; AORTA STENOSIS; AORTA THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030855481     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.CIR.96.1.288     Document Type: Article

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