Coronary artery saddle embolus and myocardial infarction in a patient with prosthetic mitral valve

Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 367-370

  Aslam, Mohammad Shakil ^a   Sanghi, Vinay ^a   Hersh, Steven ^a   Lakier, Jeffrey B ^a  

^a ADVOCATE LUTHERAN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Coronary embolus; Myocardial infarction; Prosthetic mitral valve; Saddle embolus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY RISK; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART INFARCTION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MITRAL VALVE PROSTHESIS;

ARTERIES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VESSELS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; STROKE VOLUME;

EID: 0036843293     PISSN: 15221946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ccd.10316     Document Type: Article

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