Atrial septal aneurysm does not predispose to stroke in the immediate postoperative period following cardiac surgery

Echocardiography

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 251-255

  Jadhav, Praveen ^a   Kamalesh, Masoor ^a   Raju, Veena ^a   Burger, Andrew J ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

atrial septal aneurysm; echocardiography; stroke

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; HEART ANEURYSM; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0031000373     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.1997.tb00717.x     Document Type: Article

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