Mobile thrombus of the thoracic aorta: Diagnosis and treatment in 9 cases

Annals of Vascular Surgery

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 714-722

  Choukroun, E M ^a   Labrousse, L M ^a   Madonna, F P ^a   Deville, C ^a  

^a HAUT LÉVÊQUE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

HEPARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; AORTA THROMBOSIS; ATHERECTOMY; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRYOANESTHESIA; DESCENDING AORTA; DISSOLUTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; MALE; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SHUNTING; THORACIC AORTA; THROMBECTOMY; THROMBUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; REVIEW; THROMBOSIS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VASCULAR SURGERY;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA, THORACIC; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RECURRENCE; THROMBOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 0036877467     PISSN: 08905096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10016-001-0314-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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