Rapid formation of left atrial appendage thrombus after unsuccessful cardioversion of atrial fibrillation

Echocardiography

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 157-158

  Kamalesh, Masoor ^a   Subbiah, Sathya ^a   Sharan, Leena ^a   Tawam, Mouaz ^a   Sawada, Stephen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial appendage; Atrial fibrillation; Cardioversion; Thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

AGED; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CASE REPORT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM THROMBOSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; ATRIAL APPENDAGE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART DISEASES; HEPARIN; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0035074479     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8175.2001.00157.x     Document Type: Article

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