Paradoxical coronary emboli following a long-haul airline flight

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 390-392

  Gurtu, Rockesh ^a   Grocott Mason, Richard ^a   Mason, Mark ^b   Ilsley, Charles ^b   Dubrey, Simon William ^a  

^a HILLINGDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b HAREFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Airline flight; Atrial septal defect; Myocardial infarction; Paradoxical embolism

Indexed keywords

ABCIXIMAB; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; HEPARIN; MORPHINE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; AVIATION; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY CIRCUMFLEX BRANCH; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; MALE; NONSURGICAL INVASIVE THERAPY; PARADOXICAL EMBOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; THORAX PAIN; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AIRCRAFT; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY DISEASE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HUMANS; MALE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34548309466     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: 15322114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euje.2006.04.004     Document Type: Article

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