Pulmonary embolism and ischemic stroke due to proven paradoxical embolism in a young woman;Embolia polmonare ed ictus cérébrale da embolia paradossa in una giovane donna

Giornale Italiano di Cardiologia

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 588-592

  Mandorla, Sara ^a   Fronticelli, Mario ^b   Taliani, Maria Rita ^c  

^a Ospedale Silvestrini   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^c NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Oral contraceptives; Paradoxical embolism; Pulmonary embolism; Ultrasounds

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; HEPARIN; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; OVARY CYST; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANTS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL, HORMONAL; FEMALE; HEPARIN; HUMANS; OVARIAN CYSTS; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; THROMBOEMBOLISM; WARFARIN;

EID: 0031159391     PISSN: 00465968     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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