Thrombus-in-transit: Two Cases and a Review of Diagnosis and Management

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1219.e6-1219.e8

  Shah, Dipak P ^a   Min, James K ^a   Raman, Jai ^a   Lodato, Joseph A ^a   Van Kley, Dee ^a   Lang, Roberto M ^a   Ward, R Parker ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; METHOTREXATE;

AGED; AKINESIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DYSPNEA; EMBOLECTOMY; ENDARTERECTOMY; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; MALE; PARADOXICAL EMBOLISM; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SYNCOPE; THORAX PAIN; THROMBECTOMY; THROMBUS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 34748877300     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2007.01.041     Document Type: Article

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