Removal of a Left Atrial Thrombus Adherent to a Patent Foramen Ovale Occluder

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1539-1541

  Krieg, Peter ^a   Lapp, Harald ^b   Pethig, Klaus ^a   Gummert, Jan F ^a   Bossert, Torsten ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

^b HELIOS KLINIKUM ERFURT   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; FIBRINOGEN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; HEPARIN;

ADULT; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART ATRIUM THROMBOSIS; HEART CATHETER; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY; THROMBECTOMY; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

BALLOON OCCLUSION; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ATRIA; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THROMBECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 33947326167     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.11.013     Document Type: Article

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