Acute myocardial infarction caused by a floating thrombus in the proximal ascending aorta

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Jeon, Woong (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Cheonan Hospital) ;
Lee, Seung-Jin (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Cheonan Hospital) ;
Park, Sang-Ho (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Cheonan Hospital) ;
Lee, Se-Whan (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Cheonan Hospital) ;
Shin, Won-Yong (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Cheonan Hospital) ;
Jin, Dong-Kyu (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Cheonan Hospital)

연구 과제 주관 기관 : Soonchunhyang University

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