Fatal cardiac rupture: A case of subepicardial aneurysm after myocardial infarction

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 951-952

  Tanabe, Kazuaki ^a   Sugamori, Takashi ^a   Yoshitomi, Hiroyuki ^a   Asanuma, Toshihiko ^a   Shimada, Toshio ^a  

^a SHIMANE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ANEURYSM; HEART RUPTURE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; SUDDEN DEATH; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033792244     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mje.2000.107430     Document Type: Article

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