Is the left atrium the only embolic source in ischemic stroke patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation?

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 84, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 1259-1261

  Okura, Hiroyuki ^a   Inoue, Hiroo ^b   Tomon, Miyo ^a   Nishiyama, Shoji ^a   Yoshikawa, Tadashi ^a   Yoshida, Kiyoshi ^c  

^a University of Kobe   (Japan)

^b Maikodai Hospital   (Japan)

^c KOBE CITY MEDICAL CENTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FLOW RATE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART VENTRICLE THROMBOSIS; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0032747571     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(99)00543-3     Document Type: Article

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