Reply: Surprisingly low incidence of left ventricular thrombosis in anterior ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
² Division of Cardiology, Lehigh Valley Hospital Network, Allentown, Pennsylvania.
³ Department of Cardiology, Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Comment

Pradhum Ram et al. Clin Cardiol. 2018 Oct.

. 2018 Oct;41(10):1298-1299.

doi: 10.1002/clc.23071. Epub 2018 Oct 23.

¹ Department of Medicine, Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
² Division of Cardiology, Lehigh Valley Hospital Network, Allentown, Pennsylvania.
³ Department of Cardiology, Albert Einstein Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no potential conflict of interests.

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