Successful removal of a paradoxical coronary embolus using an aspiration catheter

Nature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 633-636

  Wilson, Andrew M ^a   Ardehali, Reza ^a   Brinton, Todd J ^a   Yeung, Alan C ^a   Vagelos, Randall ^a,b  

^a Department of Medicine ^*

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; EPTIFIBATIDE; HEART ENZYME; HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTERY CATHETER; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; CORONARY ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ELECTROSURGERY; EMBOLECTOMY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; MALE; PACEMAKER; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; THORAX PAIN; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANTS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY VESSELS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EMBOLECTOMY; EMBOLISM, PARADOXICAL; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33750349115     PISSN: 17434297     EISSN: 17434300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncpcardio0681     Document Type: Article

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