Floating thrombus in the proximal aortic arch

Texas Heart Institute Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 432-434

  Jong, Bum Choi ^a,b   Soon, Ho Choi ^a   Nam, Ho Kim ^a   Jin, Won Jeong ^a  

^a Wonkwang University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Wonkwang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Aorta, thoracic surgery; Aortic arch syndromes complications; Thrombectomy methods; Thrombosis surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 10344233208     PISSN: 07302347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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