Left atrial free floating ball thrombus in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: A case report

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1018-1020

  Tekten, Tarkan ^a   Onbasili O Alper ^a   Ceylan, Ceyhun ^a   Ercan, Erturul ^a  

^a ADNAN MENDERES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CASE REPORT; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; LUNG ARTERY PRESSURE; OPEN HEART SURGERY; THROMBUS; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0036738171     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mje.2002.120980     Document Type: Article

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