Giant organized thrombus in the left sinus of Valsalva causing intermittent left coronary obstruction - An unusual case of acute myocardial infarction

Circulation Journal

Volumn 68, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 795-798

  Nagata, Yasutoshi ^a,b   Miyamoto, Takamichi ^a   Komura, Masatoshi ^a   Niwa, Akihiro ^a   Kawaguchi, Satoru ^a   Shirai, Toshizumi ^a   Fujiwara, Hitoshi ^a   Isobe, Mitsuaki ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b MUSASHINO RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Angiography; Myocardial infarction; Sinus of Valsalva; Thrombus; Transesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; AORTA SINUS THROMBOSIS; AORTOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY THROMBOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; EMERGENCY SURGERY; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; LEFT CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; THROMBUS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SINUS OF VALSALVA;

EID: 4043076288     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.68.795     Document Type: Article

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