Possible paradoxical embolism as a rare cause for an acute myocardial infarction

Echocardiography

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 407-409

  Rovner, Aleksandr ^a,b   Valika, Ali A ^a   Kovacs, Attila ^a   Kates, Andrew M ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Paradoxical embolus; Patent foramen ovale; Transesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; LUNG EMBOLISM; PARADOXICAL EMBOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY ARTERY DISEASE; THROMBOSIS;

AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; EMBOLISM, PARADOXICAL; FEMALE; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PULMONARY EMBOLISM;

EID: 33745403823     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2006.00228.x     Document Type: Article

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