Comparison of frequency of left atrial thrombus in patients with mechanical prosthetic cardiac valves and stroke versus transient ischemic attacks

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 526-528

  Barbetseas, John ^a   Pitsavos, Christos ^a   Aggeli, Constantina ^a   Psarros, Themis ^a   Frogoudaki, Alexandra ^a   Lambrou, Spyros ^a   Toutouzas, Pavlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEART ATRIUM THROMBOSIS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; STROKE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

AGED; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART DISEASES; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0030752663     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(97)00411-6     Document Type: Article

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