Giant left atrial thrombus: An unexpected finding;Trombo auricular esquerdo gigante, um achado inesperado

Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 621-626

  Judas, Tiago ^a   Almeida, Ana Rita ^a   Celeiro, Margarida Rua ^b   Cotrim, Carlos ^a   Miranda, Rita ^a   Almeida, Sofia ^a   Matias, Margarida ^a   Outerelo, Cristina ^a   Namora, João ^a   Santos, Henrique ^a   Nobre, Ângelo ^c   Cravinho, João ^c   Carrageta, Manuel ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GARCIA DE ORTA   (Portugal)

^b Hospital do Espirito Santo   (Portugal)

^c HOSPITAL DE SANTA MARIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Left atrial thrombus; Mitral stenosis

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; HEART ATRIUM THROMBOSIS; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

HEART ATRIA; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 80051734079     PISSN: 08702551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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