Splenic infarction as a complication of atrial fibrillation;Infarto esplénico como comlicación de fibrilación auricular [1]

Revista Espanola de Enfermedades Digestivas

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 66-67

  Munoz Ruiz A I ^a   Guerrero Vega, E ^a   Garcia Flores S ^a   de Tena Davila Ruiz M ^a   Marcos Sanchez F ^a   Duran Perez Navarro A ^a  

^a HOSPITAL NUESTRA SEÑORA DEL PRADO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Splenic infarction; Splenomegaly

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT;

AGED; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART DILATATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; SPLEEN INFARCTION; SPLENOMEGALY; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; SPLENECTOMY; SPLENIC INFARCTION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 18344399867     PISSN: 11300108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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