Unexplained thrombosis of the aortic arch with distal embolization in a patient with altered fibrin clot properties

Archives of Medical Science

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 733-735

  Ciurus, Tomasz ^a   Undas, Anetta ^b   Lelonek, Malgorzata ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^b JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIVITAMIN K; FIBRIN; HEPARIN;

ADULT; AORTA THROMBOSIS; AORTIC ARCH THROMBOSIS; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BLOOD CLOTTING; CASE REPORT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; EMBOLECTOMY; FASCIOTOMY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LETTER; MALE; PARESIS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 84866878245     PISSN: 17341922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5114/aoms.2012.30298     Document Type: Letter

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