Left endoventricular thrombosis in patients with antiphospholipid antibodies syndrome and hyperhomocysteinemia;Trombo endoventricolare sinistro in paziente affetto da sindrome da anticorpi antifosfolipidi e da iperomocisteinemia

Italian Heart Journal, Supplementi

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 54-57

  Cattaneo, Paolo ^a   Mariscalco, Giovanni ^a   Blanzola, Claudio ^a   Chelazzi, Paolo ^a   Faeli, Mehran ^a   Sala, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antiphospholipid antibodies; Left ventricular mass; Thrombosis, intravascular; Transesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CASE REPORT; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; MALE; THROMBOSIS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; MALE; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 84949122397     PISSN: 15903796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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