Thrombus formation on an atrial septal defect closure device: A case report and review of the literature

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 53-56

  Divchev, Dimitar ^a   Schaefer, Arnd ^a   Fuchs, Martin ^a   Breymann, Thomas ^a   Drexler, Helmut ^a   Meyer, Gerd Peter ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atrial septal defect; Thrombus formation; Transcatheter closure; Transesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; HEPARIN; PHENPROCOUMON;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE REPORT; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; EPISTAXIS; EXPLANT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART ATRIUM THROMBOSIS; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; THROMBOGENESIS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; BALLOON OCCLUSION; EMBOLIZATION, THERAPEUTIC; FEMALE; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HUMANS; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 33846286472     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: 15322114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euje.2005.10.011     Document Type: Article

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