Coronary embolism and calcified aortic valve: Is there a correlation?

Journal of Thrombosis and Thrombolysis

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 425-427

  Staico, Rodolfo ^a   Armaganijan, Luciana ^a   Lopes, Renato D ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DANTE PAZZANESE DE CARDIOLOGIA   (Brazil)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aortic stenosis; Coronary embolism; Myocardial infarction; ST segment elevation

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; FIBRIN;

ADULT; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; AORTA VALVE REPLACEMENT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION CATHETER; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING CORONARY ARTERY OCCLUSION; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

AORTIC VALVE; CALCINOSIS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EMBOLISM; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS IMPLANTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION;

EID: 84868450051     PISSN: 09295305     EISSN: 1573742X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11239-012-0710-1     Document Type: Article

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