Left ventricular thrombus formation after acute myocardial infarction as assessed by cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging

European Journal of Radiology

Volumn 81, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3900-3904

  Delewi, Ronak ^a,b   Nijveldt, Robin ^c   Hirsch, Alexander ^a   Marcu, Constantin B ^c   Robbers, Lourens ^c   Hassell, Marriela E C J ^a   De Bruin, Rianne H A ^a   Vleugels, Jim ^a   Van Der Laan, Anja M ^a   Bouma, Berto J ^a   Tio, René A ^d   Tijssen, Jan G P ^a   Van Rossum, Albert C ^c   Zijlstra, Felix ^e   Piek, Jan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ROYAL NETHERLANDS ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^e ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular magnetic resonance imaging; LV thrombus; Myocardial infarction

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; ANTIVITAMIN K; CLOPIDOGREL; GADOTERATE MEGLUMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HEART INFARCTION SIZE; HUMAN; LEFT VENTRICLE THROMBUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; THROMBUS; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, CINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 84869868743     PISSN: 0720048X     EISSN: 18727727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2012.06.029     Document Type: Article

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