A thrombus of the right upper pulmonary vein: Detection by the use of a 64-MDCT

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Takeuchi, Hidekazu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; WARFARIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CARDIAC IMAGING; CASE REPORT; DRUG RESPONSE; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE QUALITY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LACUNAR STROKE; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY VEIN EMBOLISM; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VEIN EMBOLISM;

EID: 84867423894     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr.12.2011.5446     Document Type: Article

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