Embolism from the aortic arch in patients with cerebral ischemia

Thrombosis Research

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 145-155

  Kessler, Ch ^a   Mitusch, R ^b   Guo, Y ^b   Rosengart, A ^b   Sheikhzadeh, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREIFSWALD   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

aortic atheromatosis; systemic embolism; transesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AORTA ARCH; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030297984     PISSN: 00493848     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0049-3848(96)00171-5     Document Type: Article

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