Large right atrial thrombus with pulmonary embolism

Echocardiography

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 329-334

  Hung, Ming Jui ^a   Wang, Chao Hung ^a   Kuo, Li Tang ^a   Cherng, Wen Jin ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Pulmonary embolism; Right atrium; Thrombus

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; HEART ATRIUM THROMBOSIS; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEPARINIZATION; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBECTOMY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0034089535     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2000.tb01144.x     Document Type: Article

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