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. 1988 Oct;64(756):791–795. doi: 10.1136/pgmj.64.756.791

Severe disseminated intravascular coagulation associated with massive ventricular mural thrombus following acute myocardial infarction.

S A Solomon 1, D W Cotton 1, F E Preston 1, L E Ramsay 1
PMCID: PMC2428998  PMID: 3255921

Abstract

We describe three patients who developed severe disseminated intravascular coagulation associated with large ventricular mural thrombi shortly after presenting with acute myocardial infarction. To our knowledge this association has not been reported before.

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