Free-floating left atrial ball thrombus developed in an 11-year-old child with restrictive cardiomyopathy during sinus rhythm: Manifested as a major thromboembolic event

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 111-113

  Turhan, Hasan ^a   Ocal, Aslan ^b   Erbay, Ali Riza ^b   Yasar, Ayse Saatci ^b   Cicekcioglu, Ferit ^b   Yetkin, Ertan ^a  

^a INONU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b TURKIYE YUKSEK IHTISAS HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Left atrial ball thrombus; Peripheral arterial embolism; Restrictive cardiomyopathy; Sinus rhythm

Indexed keywords

ARTERY EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; EMBOLECTOMY; HEART ATRIUM THROMBOSIS; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; SCHOOL CHILD; SINUS RHYTHM; THROMBOEMBOLISM; THROMBUS;

EID: 23044460737     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2004.08.054     Document Type: Letter

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