Free floating right atrial thrombus in two asymptomatic patients after electrophysiological study: Role of routine echocardiography after ablation

Europace

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 587-588

  Alizadeh, Abolfath ^a   Rad, Mohammad Asadian ^a   Emkanjoo, Zahra ^a   Saravi, Mehrdad ^a   Sadeghi, Gholamali ^a   Sadr Ameli, Mohammad Ali ^a  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN; STREPTOKINASE; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ABLATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; EMBOLECTOMY; HEART ATRIUM THROMBOSIS; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANTS; ATRIAL FUNCTION, RIGHT; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CATHETER ABLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGIC TECHNIQUES, CARDIAC; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TACHYCARDIA, SUPRAVENTRICULAR; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 77950223575     PISSN: 10995129     EISSN: 15322092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/europace/eup388     Document Type: Article

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