Impending paradoxical embolism presenting as a pulmonary embolism, transient ischemic attack, and myocardial infarction

Chest

Volumn 132, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1358-1360

  Willis, Scott L ^a   Welch, Timothy S ^a   Scally, John P ^a   Bartoszek, Michael W ^a   Sullenberger, Lance E ^a   Pamplin, Jeremy C ^a   Hnatiuk, Oleh W ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anticoagulation; Pulmonary embolism; Thrombosis

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE MB; HEPARIN; TROPONIN T; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULATION; ARM WEAKNESS; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CASE REPORT; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMBOLECTOMY; EXERCISE TOLERANCE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; LUNG ANGIOGRAPHY; LUNG EMBOLISM; MALE; OXYGEN SATURATION; PARADOXICAL EMBOLISM; PLEURAL PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; T WAVE INVERSION; THORAX PAIN; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

EID: 35448948298     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.07-0100     Document Type: Article

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