Clinical dilemmas in treating left ventricular thrombus

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Leeper, Nicholas J ^a   Gupta, Anurag ^a   Schnittger, Ingela ^a   Wu, Joseph C ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Anticoagulation; Left ventricular thrombus

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; FUROSEMIDE; METOPROLOL; MEVINOLIN; WARFARIN;

AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART VENTRICLE THROMBOSIS; HUMAN; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE;

AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; CAROTID STENOSIS; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; WARFARIN;

EID: 33845189799     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2006.07.062     Document Type: Article

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