Intermittent coronary artery occlusion caused by a floating thrombus in the left coronary sinus of Valsalva of a patient with a normal aorta and protein C deficiency

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1508-1510

  Hisatomi, Kazuki ^a   Yamada, Takafumi ^a   Odate, Tomohiro ^a   Yamashita, Kizuku ^a  

^a OITA PREFECTURAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBIN; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CARDIOLIPIN; CREATINE KINASE; FIBRIN; FIBRINOGEN; HEPARIN; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LUPUS ANTICOAGULANT; PROTEIN C; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; AORTA CLAMPING; AORTA SINUS; AORTA THROMBOSIS; AORTOGRAPHY; ARTERY CATHETERIZATION; ARTICLE; ASCENDING AORTA; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD CELL; BLOOD CLOTTING; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CASE REPORT; CATHETER ASPIRATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; CORONARY ARTERY RECANALIZATION; CORONARY SINUS; CREATINE KINASE BLOOD LEVEL; CRYSTALLOID; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPOKINESIA; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE BLOOD LEVEL; LUNG EDEMA; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN C DEFICIENCY; PROTHROMBIN TIME; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; SYNCOPE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AORTA, THORACIC; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY STENOSIS; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; PROTEIN C; PROTEIN C DEFICIENCY; SINUS OF VALSALVA; THROMBECTOMY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 80053325171     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: 15526259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2011.04.037     Document Type: Article

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