Acute ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction Due to a Huge Floating Thrombus Mimicking a Myxoma in the Left Atrium

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1085.e1-1085.e3

  Kim, Min Su ^a   Park, Jae Hyeong ^a   Kang, Shin Kwang ^b   Na, Myung Hoon ^b   Lee, Jae Hwan ^a   Choi, Si Wan ^a   Jeong, Jin Ok ^a   Seong, In Whan ^a  

^a Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

^b Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Myocardial infarction; ST segment elevation; Thrombus; Transesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART MYXOMA; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; INTRACARDIAC THROMBOSIS; MALE; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION HEART INFARCTION; THROMBOGENESIS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HEART ATRIA; HEART NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYXOMA; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 69649107091     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2009.04.003     Document Type: Article

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