Incidence and clinical significance of left ventricular thrombus in tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy assessed with echocardiography

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 101, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 381-386

  Haghi, Dariusch ^a   Papavassiliu, T ^a   Heggemann, F ^a   Kaden, J J ^a   Borggrefe, M ^a   Suselbeck, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; TROPONIN I;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE THROMBOSIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MYELOFIBROSIS; POSTOPERATIVE THROMBOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; THROMBOCYTE COUNT; THROMBOCYTOSIS; THROMBOGENESIS; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 42949095396     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: 14602393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcn017     Document Type: Article

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