Left ventricular thrombus formation after acute myocardial infarction

Heart

Volumn 98, Issue 23, 2012, Pages 1743-1749

  Delewi, Ronak ^a   Zijlstra, Felix ^b   Piek, Jan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTIVITAMIN K; HEPARIN; UROKINASE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; CAUSAL ATTRIBUTION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG MEGADOSE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE THROMBOSIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LOW DRUG DOSE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOCARDIOGRAPHY; RADIOISOTOPE VENTRICULOGRAPHY; REVIEW; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION;

DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HEART DISEASES; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; THROMBOSIS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 84869209782     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: 1468201X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/heartjnl-2012-301962     Document Type: Review

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