Abnormal left ventricular vortex flow patterns in association with left ventricular apical thrombus formation in patients with anterior myocardial infarction

Circulation Journal

Volumn 76, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2640-2646

  Son, Jang Won ^a   Park, Won Jong ^a   Choi, Jung Hyun ^b   Houle, Helene ^c   Vannan, Mani A ^d   Hong, Geu Ru ^e   Chung, Namsik ^e  

^a Yeungnam University   (South Korea)

^b Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^c SIEMENS CORPORATE RESEARCH   (United States)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Contrast echocardiography; Left ventricle; Thrombus; Vortex

Indexed keywords

PERFLUTREN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTERIOR MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDSYSTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL MOTION; HEART VENTRICLE THROMBOSIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARTICLE IMAGE VELOCIMETRY; RISK FACTOR; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; ANTERIOR WALL MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PULSATILE FLOW; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 84869122626     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: 13474820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.CJ-12-0360     Document Type: Article

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