Snowflakes in the heart: an ultrasonic marker of severe hypercoagulability.

Lancet

Department of Cardiology, St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, NSW, Australia; St Vincent's Clinical School, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia; Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute, Sydney, NSW, Australia. Electronic address:

Published: January 2015

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