Apical Short-Axis “Bread-Loaf” View for Visualization of Left Ventricular Apical Thrombi
Edmund Kenneth Kerut M.D.
Heart Clinic of Louisiana, Marrero, Louisiana
Departments of Physiology and Pharmacology, LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
Search for more papers by this authorMarie Dearstine R.D.C.S.
Cardiology Department, Ochsner Westbank Hospital, Gretna, Louisiana
Search for more papers by this authorCurtis Hanawalt R.D.C.S.
Cardiac and Vascular Imaging Center, West Jefferson Medical Center, Marrero, Louisiana
Search for more papers by this authorElizabeth McIlwain R.D.C.S.
Departments of Physiology and Pharmacology, LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
Department of Cardiopulmonary Science, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
Search for more papers by this authorEdmund Kenneth Kerut M.D.
Heart Clinic of Louisiana, Marrero, Louisiana
Departments of Physiology and Pharmacology, LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
Search for more papers by this authorMarie Dearstine R.D.C.S.
Cardiology Department, Ochsner Westbank Hospital, Gretna, Louisiana
Search for more papers by this authorCurtis Hanawalt R.D.C.S.
Cardiac and Vascular Imaging Center, West Jefferson Medical Center, Marrero, Louisiana
Search for more papers by this authorElizabeth McIlwain R.D.C.S.
Departments of Physiology and Pharmacology, LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
Department of Cardiopulmonary Science, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana
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