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Incidence of Left Ventricular Thrombus in Patients With Acute ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarc...

Incidence of Left Ventricular Thrombus in Patients With Acute ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarc...

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Incidence of Left Ventricular Thrombus in Patients With Acute ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction Treated with Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

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Incidence of Left Ventricular Thrombus in Patients With Acute ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction Treated with Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

Publisher

United States: Elsevier Inc

Journal title

The American journal of cardiology, 2018-01, Vol.121 (1), p.27-31

Language

English

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United States: Elsevier Inc

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Contents

Previous studies using 2-dimensional non-contrast echocardiography have reported a post-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) left ventricular (LV) thrombus incidence of 3% to 24%. However, these studies were not performed with ultrasound contrast agents (UCAs), which improve accuracy in the diagnosis of LV thrombus. We aimed to determ...

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Full title

Incidence of Left Ventricular Thrombus in Patients With Acute ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction Treated with Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1963462007

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1963462007

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ISSN

0002-9149

E-ISSN

1879-1913

DOI

10.1016/j.amjcard.2017.09.010

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