Usefulness of Contrast Echocardiography for Assessment of Left Ventricular Thrombus After Acute Myocardial Infarction

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 99, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1667-1670

  Mansencal, Nicolas ^a   Nasr, Imad Abi ^a   Pillière, Rémy ^a   Farcot, Jean Christian ^a   Joseph, Thierry ^a   Lacombe, Pascal ^a   Dubourg, Olivier ^a  

^a HÔPITAL AMBROISE PARÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE THROMBUS; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; THROMBUS; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 34249981501     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2007.01.046     Document Type: Article

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