Deep-vein and intracardiac thrombosis of unclear aetiology: Possible association with intermittent low-voltage electrical trauma

Cardiovascular Journal of Africa

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 138-141

  Mocumbi, Ana Olga H ^a  

^a Instituto do Coracao Maputo   (Mozambique)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; PROTEIN C; PROTEIN S; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ANALGESIA; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTRIC INJURY; ELECTROSTIMULATION; FEMORAL VEIN; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMAN; INTRACARDIAC THROMBOSIS; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RISK FACTOR; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN SYNDROME;

ADULT; BRACHIOCEPHALIC VEINS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC INJURIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; JUGULAR VEINS; MALE; THROMBOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TRAUMA SEVERITY INDICES; VENA CAVA, SUPERIOR; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 67549121061     PISSN: 19951892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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