Mobile aortic atheroma and systemic emboli: Efficacy of anticoagulation and influence of plaque morphology on recurrent stroke

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 134-138

  Dressler, Frederick A ^a   Craig, William R ^a   Castello, Ramon ^a   Labovitz, Arthur J ^a  

^a S LOUIS UNIV HLTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULATION; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; ATHEROMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; STROKE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; AORTIC DISEASES; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WARFARIN;

EID: 0031933118     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0735-1097(97)00449-X     Document Type: Article

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