Left atrial thrombus detection with multiplane transesophageal echocardiography: An echocardiographic study with surgical verification

Journal of Heart Valve Disease

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 63-66

  Koca, Vedat ^a   Bozat, Tahsin ^a   Akkaya, Vakur ^b,d   Sarikamis, Cetin ^c   Turk, Tamer ^a   Vural, Hakan ^a   Ozdemir, Ayhan ^a  

^a Bursa State Hospital   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c International Hospital Istanbul   (Turkey)

^d Erde Sokak   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM THROMBOSIS; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0033049008     PISSN: 09668519     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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