Intermittent electromechanical dissociation as an unusual sign of prosthetic valve thrombosis in a patient with prosthetic fibrous ingrowth

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 685-689

  Delgado, Carlos ^a,b,c,d   Bonnin, Oriol ^a,b,c,d   Garriga, Jose María ^a,b,c,d   Barril, Ramón ^a,b,c,d   Barturen, Fernando ^a,b,c,d  

^a Service of Cardiology   (Spain)

^b Service of Cardiac Surgery   (Spain)

^c Intensive Care Unit   (Spain)

^d Policlinica Miramar   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTEPLASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DOPPLER FLOWMETRY; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE PROSTHESIS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; THROMBOSIS; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033915283     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mje.2000.104675     Document Type: Article

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