Influence of warfarin therapy on left atrial spontaneous echo contrast in nonvalvular atrial fibrillation

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 84, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 857-859

  Ito, Takahide ^a   Suwa, Michihiro ^a   Nakamura, Tomomi ^a   Miyazaki, Sadae ^a   Hirota, Yuzo ^a   Kawamura, Keishiro ^a  

^a Osaka Medical College   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM THROMBOSIS; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICOAGULANTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; WARFARIN;

EID: 0032885941     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(99)00451-8     Document Type: Article

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