Clinical implications of left atrial spontaneous echo contrast in nonrheumatic atrial fibrillation

The American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 1992, Pages 327-331

  Liang Miin, Tsai ^a   Jyh Hong, Chen ^a   Ching Jing, Fang ^a   Li Jen, Lin ^a   Chi Ming, Kwan ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECHO CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM THROMBOSIS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE SIZE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM; HEART DISEASES; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 0026701033     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0002-9149(92)90613-4     Document Type: Article

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