Giant Left Atrial Ball Thrombus in a Patient With Chronic Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 313-315

  Lee, Jae Hoon ^a   Kang, Shin Kwang ^b   Lee, Cheol Whan ^a   Song, Jae Kwan ^a   Park, Jung Sik ^a   Choo, Suk Jung ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM THROMBOSIS; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; STROKE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ARREST; HEART ATRIA; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THROMBECTOMY; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 37249086626     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.07.084     Document Type: Article

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