Formation of a left atrial ball thrombus from a large mural thrombus 4 days after an embolic episode

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 83-86

  Iga, Kanji ^a   Izumi, Chisato ^a   Konishi, Takashi ^a  

^a TENRI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ball thrombus; Echocardiography

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTERY EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM THROMBOSIS; HUMAN; MITRAL VALVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOEMBOLISM; THROMBOGENESIS; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; BASILAR ARTERY; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM AND THROMBOSIS; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0033168360     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5273(99)00053-4     Document Type: Article

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