Transesophageal echocardiography during percutaneous mitral commissurotomy in patients with left atrial thrombus

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 84, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1534-1540

  Tansuphaswadikul, Sudaratana ^a   Hengrussamee, Kriengkrai ^a   Chantadansuwan, Thamarath ^a   Silaruks, Songkwan ^b   Kehasukcharoen, Wirash ^a   Saejueng, Boonjong ^a  

^a Central Chest Hospital Thailand   (Thailand)

^b KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Left Atrial Thrombus; Mitral Stenosis; Percutaneous Transvenous Mitral Commissurotomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; THROMBOSIS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0035523056     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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