Paradoxical mesentery embolism and silent myocardial infarction in primary antiphospholipid syndrome: A case report

Heart Surgery Forum

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 113-115

  Duman, Dursun ^a,d   Demirtunc, Refik ^a   Duman, Deniz ^b   Sungur, Faik ^a   Agirbasli, Mehmet ^b   Cakmak, Mahmut ^c  

^a GATA HAYDARPASA TRAINING HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^b MARMARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^c DR SIYAMI ERSEK THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^d NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODY;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE REVASCULARIZATION; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY; MALE; MESENTERIC ARTERY; PARADOXICAL EMBOLISM; PATENT FORAMEN OVALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILENT MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SYMPTOM; THROMBUS; MESENTERIC BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; EMBOLISM, PARADOXICAL; HUMANS; MALE; MESENTERIC ARTERIES; MESENTERIC VASCULAR OCCLUSION; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

EID: 54749135844     PISSN: 10983511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1532/HSF98.20051040     Document Type: Article

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