Acute renal infarction from a cardiac thrombus

Nature Clinical Practice Nephrology

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 631-635

  Nasser, Nicola J ^a   Abadi, Sobhi ^a   Azzam, Zaher S ^a  

^a Rambam Health Care Campus ^*  (Israel)

Author keywords

Abdominal pain; Dilated cardiomyopathy; Renal artery thrombosis; Renal infarction; Thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANALGESIC AGENT; CARVEDILOL; ENOXAPARIN; FUROSEMIDE; HEPARIN; RAMIPRIL; SIMVASTATIN; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART INFARCTION; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTRACARDIAC THROMBOSIS; KIDNEY ARTERY EMBOLIZATION; KIDNEY INFARCTION; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE DISEASE; ANTICOAGULANTS; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ENOXAPARIN; HUMANS; INFARCTION; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RENAL ARTERY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; WARFARIN;

EID: 35548997941     PISSN: 17458323     EISSN: 17458331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncpneph0624     Document Type: Article

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