Value of contrast echocardiography for left ventricular thrombus detection postinfarction and impact on antithrombotic therapy

Coronary Artery Disease

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 462-466

  Siebelink, Hans Marc J ^a   Scholte, Arthur J H A ^a   Van De Veire, Nico R ^a   Holman, Eduard R ^a   Nucifora, Gaetano ^a   Van Der Wall, Ernst E ^a   Bax, Jeroen J ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Antithrombotic therapy; Contrast echocardiography; Left ventricular thrombus; Postmyocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; SONOVUE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART VENTRICLE THROMBOSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTERIOR WALL MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; ANTICOAGULANTS; ARTIFACTS; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SULFUR HEXAFLUORIDE; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 70350782452     PISSN: 09546928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCA.0b013e328330d58f     Document Type: Article

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