Neovascularity related to mural thrombus in endomyocardial fibrosis

International Journal of Cardiac Imaging

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 205-207

  Meuwissen, Martijn ^a   Somsen, G Aernout ^b   Piek, Jan J ^a,c,d  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d NONE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Coronary angiography; Endomyocardial fibrosis; Mural thrombus; Myocardial blush; Neovascularity

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; HEPARIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART MUSCLE FIBROSIS; HEMOPTYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LUNG EMBOLISM; LUNG VENTILATION PERFUSION RATIO; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; THORAX PAIN; THROMBUS; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANTS; BIOPSY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VESSELS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOMYOCARDIAL FIBROSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART DISEASES; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; PULMONARY EMBOLISM; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0032768988     PISSN: 01679899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006166810931     Document Type: Article

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