Left ventricular free wall impeding rupture in post-myocardial infarction period diagnosed by myocardial contrast echocardiography: Case report

Cardiovascular Ultrasound

Volumn 4, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Da Trindade, Maria Luciana Zacarias Hannouche ^a   Tsutsui, Jeane Mike ^a   Rodrigues, Ana Clara Tude ^a   Caldas, Márcia Azevedo ^a   Ramires, José Antônio Franchini ^a   Mathias Jr , Wilson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CASE REPORT; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL; HEART MUSCLE PERFUSION; HEART RUPTURE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM RUPTURE; MIDDLE AGED;

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; VENTRICULAR SEPTAL RUPTURE;

EID: 33644871434     PISSN: 14767120     EISSN: 14767120     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-7120-4-7     Document Type: Article

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