Systemic embolism from a large descending aortic thrombus

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 89, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 305-307

  Auer, Johann ^a   Aschl, Gerhard ^a   Berent, Robert ^a   Zisch, Rainer ^a   Weber, Thomas ^a   Eber, Bernd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; AORTA THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DESCENDING AORTA; DIGITAL SUBTRACTION ANGIOGRAPHY; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037722676     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-5273(02)00509-0     Document Type: Article

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