Transesophageal echocardiography to assess embolic risk in patients with atrial fibrillation

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 128, Issue 8, 1998, Pages

  Stöllberger, Claudia ^a   Chnupa, Pavel ^b   Kronik, Gerhard ^c   Brainin, Michael ^d   Finsterer, Josef ^e   Schneider, Barbara ^f   Slany, Jörg ^g  

^a A 1030 Wien   (Austria)

^b Ustav Kardiovaskularnych Chorob   (Slovakia)

^c Krankenhaus Krems   (Austria)

^d Neurologisches Krankenhaus   (Austria)

^e Krankenhaus Hietzing mit Neurologischem Zentrum Rosenhugel   (Austria)

^f MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^g KRANKENANSTALT RUDOLFSTIFTUNG   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0001183687     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-128-8-199804150-00004     Document Type: Article

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