In vivo and in vitro studies on the mechanism and clinical significance of spontaneous echocardiographic contrast in patients with atrial dysrhythmias

Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 47-56

  Castello, R ^a   Puri, S ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; CONTRAST RADIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOG; ERYTHROCYTE AGGREGATION; HEART ATRIUM ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; REVIEW; SHEAR STRESS; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030017146     PISSN: 00330620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0033-0620(96)80040-5     Document Type: Article

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