Left main coronary artery thrombus: A case series with different outcomes

Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 125-131

  Gupta, Rajiv ^a   Rahman, Mohammed A ^a   Uretsky, Barry F ^a   Schwarz, Ernst R ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute myocardial infarction; Anticoagulation; Left main coronary artery thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ABCIXIMAB; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DOPAMINE; EPTIFIBATIDE; FUROSEMIDE; GLYCOPROTEIN IIB; GLYCOPROTEIN IIIA; HEPARIN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; METOPROLOL; TROPONIN I;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY CARE UNIT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG INFUSION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 23644459785     PISSN: 09295305     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11239-005-1924-2     Document Type: Article

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