Thromboembolic complications of left ventricular noncompaction: Case report and brief review of the literature

Journal of Clinical Ultrasound

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 465-468

  Pitta, Sridevi ^a   Thatai, Deepak ^a   Afonso, Luis ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypertrabeculation; Noncompaction; Thromboembolic

Indexed keywords

WARFARIN;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMBOLISM; HUMAN; LEFT VENTRICULAR NONCOMPACTION; MALE; MORPHOGENESIS; MYOCARDIAL DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RISK ASSESSMENT; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

ADULT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FATAL OUTCOME; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 34848826299     PISSN: 00912751     EISSN: 10970096     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcu.20349     Document Type: Article

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