Large atrial appendage thrombus in the presence of severe mitral regurgitation: Contradictory hemodynamics or expected findings

Echocardiography

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 625-629

  López Candales, Angel ^a   Edelman, Kathy L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chronic atrial fibrillation; Ischemic cardiomyopathy; Left atrial appendage thrombus; Left ventricular systolic dysfunction; Mitral regurgitation; Transesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

FUROSEMIDE; HEPARIN; METOLAZONE; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DEFIBRILLATOR; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM THROMBOSIS; HEART FAILURE; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LEG EDEMA; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; WEIGHT GAIN;

ATRIAL APPENDAGE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE VOLUME; THROMBOSIS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 7044250893     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0742-2822.2004.03120.x     Document Type: Article

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