Atrial fibrillation with left atrial spontaneous contrast detected by transesophageal echocardiography is a potent risk factor for stroke

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 78, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 425-429

  Jones, Elizabeth F ^a,b   Calafiore, Paul ^a   McNeil, John J ^a   Tonkin, Andrew M ^a   Donnan, Geoffrey A ^a  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b AUSTIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; ATHEROMA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERIOGRAPHY; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0030586897     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(96)00331-1     Document Type: Article

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