Acute Myocardial Infarction Caused by Embolism of Thrombus in the Right Coronary Sinus of Valsalva: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 173-177

  Eguchi, Kosei ^a   Ohtaki, Eiji ^a   Misu, Kazuhiko ^a   Aikawa, Masaru ^a   Sumiyoshi, Tetsuya ^a   Hosoda, Saichi ^a   Koyanagi, Toshiya ^a  

^a SAKAKIBARA HEART INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTA ARCH; AORTA SINUS; BLOOD CLOTTING; CASE REPORT; EMBOLISM; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; PROTEIN S DEFICIENCY; REVIEW; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; THORAX PAIN; THROMBUS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0842343420     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2003.10.002     Document Type: Review

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