Left atrial appendage thrombus outside of a 'successful' ligation

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 397-398

  Donnino, Robert ^a   Tunick, Paul A ^a   Kronzon, Itzhak ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Incomplete ligation; Left atrial appendage; Thrombus; Transesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

WARFARIN;

AGED; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; AORTA VALVE STENOSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EPICARDIUM; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM THROMBOSIS; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; LIGATION; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUTURE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; AORTIC VALVE STENOSIS; ATRIAL APPENDAGE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; LIGATION; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 43449100669     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: 15322114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.euje.2007.01.006     Document Type: Article

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