Incidence of left atrial thrombi in patients in sinus rhythm and with a recent neurologic deficit

American Heart Journal

Volumn 140, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 658-662

  Omran, H ^a   Rang, B ^a   Schmidt, H ^a   Illien, S ^a   Schimpf, R ^a   MacCarter, D ^a   Kubini, R ^a   Von der Recke, G ^a   Tiemann, K ^a   Becher, H ^a   Luderitz, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART ATRIUM THROMBOSIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS RHYTHM; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033809836     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mhj.2000.109213     Document Type: Article

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