Resolution of Left Atrial Thrombus after 6 Months of Anticoagulation in Candidates for Percutaneous Transvenous Mitral Commissurotomy

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 140, Issue 2, 2004, Pages

  Silaruks, Songkwan ^a,b   Thinkhamrop, Bandit ^a   Kiatchoosakun, Songsak ^a   Wongvipaporn, Chalyasith ^a   Tatsanavivat, Pyatat ^a  

^a KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b KHON KAEN UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; COHORT ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEART ATRIUM THROMBOSIS; HEART LEFT ATRIUM THROMBUS; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL STANDARD UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE COMMISSUROTOMY; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; NEW YORK HEART ASSOCIATION CLASSIFICATION; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSVENOUS MITRAL VALVE COMMISUROTOMY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBUS RESOLUTION; THROMBUS SIZE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0346374650     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-140-2-200401200-00010     Document Type: Article

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