Transthoracic echocardiographic findings in patients with acute retinal arterial obstruction: A retrospective review

Archives of Ophthalmology

Volumn 114, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1189-1192

  Sharma, Sanjay ^a   Naqvi, Arif ^a   Sharma, Susan M ^a   Cruess, Alan F ^a   Brown, Gary C ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINA ARTERY OCCLUSION; SCREENING TEST; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0029823558     PISSN: 00039950     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archopht.1996.01100140389004     Document Type: Article

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