Differentiation between fresh and old left ventricular thrombi by deformation imaging

Circulation: Cardiovascular Imaging

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 667-675

  Niemann, Markus ^a,b   Gaudron, Philipp Daniel ^a,b   Bijnens, Bart ^b,c   Störk, Stefan ^a,b   Beer, Meinrad ^b   Hillenbrand, Hanns ^a,b   Cikes, Maja ^d   Herrmann, Sebastian ^a,b   Hu, Kai ^a,b   Ertl, Georg ^a,b   Weidemann, Frank ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

^d KBC Zagreb   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Strain rate imaging; Thrombus

Indexed keywords

PHENPROCOUMON;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CARDIAC IMAGING; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION; HEART MUSCLE RELAXATION; HUMAN; INTRACARDIAC THROMBOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE DOPPLER IMAGING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICOAGULANTS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ELASTIC MODULUS; ELASTICITY IMAGING TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEART DISEASES; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PHENPROCOUMON; PILOT PROJECTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THROMBOSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84867170953     PISSN: 19419651     EISSN: 19420080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.112.974964     Document Type: Article

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