Acute thrombus formation in the left atrium after the termination of warfarin

Journal of Anesthesia

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 224-227

  Kadoi, Yuji ^a   Sakaguchi, Masashi ^a   Takahashi, Ken Ichiro ^a   Saito, Shigeru ^a   Goto, Fumio ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute thrombosis; Anticoagulation therapy; Cardiac surgery; Warfarin

Indexed keywords

FENTANYL; MIDAZOLAM; VECURONIUM; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CASE REPORT; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM THROMBOSIS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; MECHANICAL PROBE; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; PATIENT MONITORING; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; THROMBOEMBOLISM; THROMBOGENESIS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ANTICOAGULANTS; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; WARFARIN;

EID: 4644252125     PISSN: 09138668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00540-004-0244-6     Document Type: Article

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