Echocardiographic and vascular ultrasound evaluation of cerebrovascular ischemic events

ACC Current Journal Review

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 79-81

  Silvestry, Frank E ^a,b   Tarka, Elizabeth A ^a   Mohler III, Emile R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART VENTRICLE THROMBOSIS; HUMAN; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; SHORT SURVEY; STROKE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 0032214219     PISSN: 10621458     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1062-1458(98)00067-1     Document Type: Article

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