Transcranial Doppler detection of microemboli in prosthetic heart valve patients: Dependency upon valve type

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 253-258

  Georgiadis, D ^a,d   Kaps, M ^b   Berg, J ^b   Mackay, T G ^c   Dapper, F ^b   Faichney, A ^a   Wheatley, D J ^c   Lees, K R ^a  

^a WESTERN INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Embolism; Prosthetic valves; Ultrasonics

Indexed keywords

AGED; AORTA VALVE; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLASSIFICATION; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; THROMBOEMBOLISM; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

AGED; AORTIC VALVE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM AND THROMBOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 0029715736     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1010-7940(96)80148-5     Document Type: Article

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