Superiority of transesophageal echocardiography in detecting cardiac source of embolism in patients with cerebral ischemia of uncertain etiology

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 1991, Pages 66-72

  Pearson, Anthony C ^a   Labovitz, Arthur J ^a   Tatineni, Satyararayan ^a   Gomez, Camilo R ^a  

^a S LOUIS UNIV HLTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; BRAIN EMBOLISM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

CEREBRAL INFARCTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0026071709     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0735-1097(91)90705-E     Document Type: Article

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