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Metadata
Title
Impending paradoxical thromboembolism: thrombus caught in transit. A case report
Authors
M. Forkmann
S. M. Tugtekin
R. H. Strasser
H. Schrötter
Publication date
01-06-2012
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Clinical Research in Cardiology / Issue 6/2012
Print ISSN: 1861-0684
Electronic ISSN: 1861-0692
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-012-0418-4

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