Paradoxical coronary embolism: A rare cause of acute myocardial infarction

Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 107-111

  Wachsman, Daniel E ^a   Jacobs, Alice K ^a  

^a BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Atrial septal defect; Paradoxical coronary embolism; Patent foramen ovale

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; EPTIFIBATIDE; FLUTICASONE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; HEPARIN; IPRATROPIUM BROMIDE; LISINOPRIL; METOPROLOL; SALBUTAMOL;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANAMNESIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART DISEASE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; PARADOXICAL EMBOLISM; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REVIEW; STROKE; THORAX PAIN; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ANTICOAGULANTS; CHEST PAIN; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMBOLISM, PARADOXICAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART FUNCTION TESTS; HEPARIN; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0038516451     PISSN: 15306550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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