Acute myocardial infarction due to coronary artery embolism in a patient with mechanical aortic valve prosthesis

Case Reports in Medicine

Volumn 2010, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Nakazone, Marcelo A ^a   Tavares, Bruno G ^a   Machado, Maurício N ^a   Maia, Lilia N ^a  

^a School of Medicine University of São José Do Rio Preto   (Brazil)

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EID: 84990176155     PISSN: 16879627     EISSN: 16879635     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2010/751857     Document Type: Article

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