Coronary embolus secondary to a prosthetic mitral valve and subtherapeutic anticoagulation [5]

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 318-320

  Petinaux, Bruno ^a   Shesser, Robert ^a   Rah, Brian ^a   Reiner, Jonathan ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; DIPYRIDAMOLE; ESTROGEN; PROGESTERONE; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTERY EMBOLISM; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; LETTER; MITRAL VALVE PROSTHESIS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SYMPTOM; THORAX PAIN; THROMBOSIS;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANTS; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; MITRAL VALVE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; WARFARIN;

EID: 3142664214     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2004.04.006     Document Type: Letter

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