Incidence of early left ventricular thrombus after acute anterior wall myocardial infarction in the primary coronary intervention era

American Heart Journal

Volumn 157, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1074-1080

  Osherov, Azriel B ^a   Borovik Raz, Michal ^a   Aronson, Doron ^a   Agmon, Yoram ^a   Kapeliovich, Michael ^a   Kerner, Arthur ^a   Grenadier, Ehud ^a   Hammerman, Haim ^a   Nikolsky, Eugenia ^a   Roguin, Ariel ^a  

^a RAMBAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THROMBOSIS; TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY;

ANGIOPLASTY, TRANSLUMINAL, PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 67049144601     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2009.03.020     Document Type: Article

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