Transesophageal Echocardiographic Detection of Cardiac Sources of Embolism in Elderly Patients with Ischemic Stroke

Internal Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 766-772

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

^a NHO Kobe National Hospital   (Japan)

^b Maikodai Hospital   (Japan)

^c KOBE CITY MEDICAL CENTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cerebral embolism; Diagnosis; Embolic source

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN EMBOLISM; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ECHOGRAPHY; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART DISEASE; HEART SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PREVALENCE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; JAPAN; MALE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0033210745     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.38.766     Document Type: Article

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