Splenic infarction after warfarin discontinuation during atrial fibrillation;Infarto splenico: Rara complicanza tromboembolica di fibrillazione atriale

Clinica Terapeutica

Volumn 159, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 435-437

  Trappolini, M ^a,b   Scorza, A ^a   Loguercio, V ^a   Stoppo, M ^a   Sebastianelli, A ^a   Iannotta, M ^a   Del Porto, F ^a   Proietta, M ^a   Aliberti, G ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anticoagulant discontinuation; Atrial fibrillation; Splenic infarction; Warfarin

Indexed keywords

WARFARIN;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; MALE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SPLEEN INFARCTION; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 58849094562     PISSN: 00099074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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