Mitral valve thrombus mimicking a primary tumor in the antiphospholipid syndrome

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 15, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 746-748

  Mottram, Philip M ^a,b   Gelman, John S ^a,b  

^a Monash Medical Centre ^*

^b MONASH MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FIBRIN CLOT; HEART SURGERY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MITRAL VALVE THROMBUS; SEROLOGY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBUS; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TUMOR; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; THROMBOSIS; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HEART NEOPLASMS; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0036636494     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mje.2002.118914     Document Type: Article

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