Thrombosis of mitral valve prosthesis presenting as abdominal pain

Heart and Lung: Journal of Acute and Critical Care

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 110-113

  Mylonakis, Eleftherios ^a   Kon, Darissa ^b   Moulton, Anthony ^b   Elion, Jonathan ^b   Indeglia, Robert ^b   Koutkia, Polyxeni ^b   Katz, Alan ^b  

^a MIRIAM HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGED; ANEMIA; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; BIOPROSTHESIS; CASE REPORT; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; MITRAL VALVE PROSTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0033063249     PISSN: 01479563     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/hl.1999.v28.a96419     Document Type: Article

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