Two- and three-dimensional echocardiographic imaging of massive left intraventricular thrombosis complicating fatal heart failure

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Motto, Andrea ^a   Ballo, Piercarlo ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Heart failure; Myocardial infarction; Thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL ABUSE; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; HEART ANEURYSM; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HEART VENTRICLE THROMBOSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYMPTOM; THREE DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

CORONARY THROMBOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33846905488     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2006.07.224     Document Type: Article

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