Right atrial thrombosis after upgrading to a biventricular pacing/defibrillation system

Internal Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 2101-2104

  Kurisu, Satoshi ^a   Inoue, Ichiro ^a   Kawagoe, Takuji ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA CITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Pacemaker; Thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR ALPHA; FUROSEMIDE; IMIDAPRIL; TICLOPIDINE; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DEFIBRILLATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM THROMBOSIS; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HEART VENTRICLE PACING; HUMAN; MALE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

CARDIAC PACING, ARTIFICIAL; DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PACEMAKER, ARTIFICIAL; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; THROMBOSIS; TICLOPIDINE;

EID: 74549148550     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.48.2453     Document Type: Article

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