Massive intraoperative thrombus of the aortic arch and proximal descending aorta: Case reports

Journal of Cardiac Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 470-472

  Reineke, David C ^a   Grapow, Martin T R ^b   Schumann, Martin ^b   Seeberger, Manfred D ^b   Carrel, Thierry P ^a,b  

^a BERN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; AORTA PRESSURE; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DESCENDING AORTA; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSTHETIC VALVE THROMBOSIS; STENT; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC VALVE; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STENTS;

EID: 67650766474     PISSN: 08860440     EISSN: 15408191     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8191.2008.00750.x     Document Type: Article

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