Resolution of a left ventricular thrombus by the thrombolytic action of dabigatran

Heart and Vessels

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 560-562

  Nagamoto, Yasutsugu ^a   Shiomi, Tetsuya ^a   Matsuura, Taku ^a   Okahara, Arihide ^a   Takegami, Kaoru ^a   Mine, Daigo ^a   Shirahama, Takaharu ^a   Koga, Yasuaki ^a   Yoshida, Keiki ^a   Sadamatsu, Kenji ^a   Hayashida, Kiyoshi ^a  

^a Saga Prefectural Hospital Koseikan   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dabigatran; Thrombolysis; Thrombus

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; DABIGATRAN; HEPARIN; WARFARIN; BENZIMIDAZOLE DERIVATIVE; BETA ALANINE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT;

AGED; AKINESIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG MECHANISM; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICULAR THROMBOSIS; HEART VENTRICLE THROMBOSIS; HUMAN; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PARTIAL THROMBOPLASTIN TIME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX PAIN; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; DRUG EFFECTS; ECHOGRAPHY; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEART DISEASES; HEART VENTRICLE; INCIDENTAL FINDING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RADIOGRAPHY; THROMBOSIS; TIME;

AGED; BENZIMIDAZOLES; BETA-ALANINE; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENTS; HEART DISEASES; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; THROMBOSIS; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84904062831     PISSN: 09108327     EISSN: 16152573     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00380-013-0403-5     Document Type: Article

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