Mural aortic thrombus and peripheral embolisation in a patient with hyperhomocysteinaemia

Netherlands Journal of Medicine

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 20-22

  Slabbekoorn, M ^a   Henneman, O D F ^a   Geelhoed Duijvestijn, P H L M ^a   Veldkamp, R F ^a  

^a MEDICAL CENTER HAAGLANDEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aortic thrombus; Embolisation; Hyperhomocysteinaemia

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBIN III; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 8; CARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODY; FOLIC ACID; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; PROTEIN C; PROTEIN S; PROTHROMBIN; PYRIDOXINE; THROMBIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AORTA THROMBOSIS; ARTERY EMBOLISM; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PREGNANCY; SPLEEN INFARCTION; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC DISEASES; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; THROMBOPHILIA; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 31644433915     PISSN: 03002977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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