Role of transesophageal echocardiography in the management of thromboembolic stroke

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 80, Issue 4 C, 1997, Pages

  Manning, Warren J ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; WARFARIN;

CONFERENCE PAPER; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

ANTICOAGULANTS; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC DISEASES; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ASPIRIN; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; HEART ATRIA; HEART DISEASES; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HEART VALVE DISEASES; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM AND THROMBOSIS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WARFARIN;

EID: 0030769860     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(97)00581-X     Document Type: Conference Paper

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