Role of echocardiography in the assessment of left ventricular thrombus embolic potential after anterior acute myocardial infarction

Congestive Heart Failure

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 250-255

  Domenicucci, Stefano ^a   Chiarella, Francesco ^a   Bellone, Pietro ^a  

^a Unita Operativa di Cardiologia   (Italy)

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Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE THROMBOSIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0035736029     PISSN: 10797998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1527-5299.2001.00268.x     Document Type: Article

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