Comparison of echocardiographic markers of embolism in atrial flutter and fibrillation: Frequency of protruding atherosclerotic plaques in the thoracic aorta

Echocardiography

Volumn 17, Issue 6 I, 2000, Pages 555-562

  Rozenberg, Valérie ^a   Boccara, Franck ^a   Benhalima, Bouziane ^a   Lamisse, Nathalie ^a   Buyukoglu, Bülent ^a   Cohen, Ariel ^a,b  

^a Saint Antoine University and Medical School   (France)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Aortic plaques; Atherosclerosis; Atrial fibrillation; Atrial flutter; Embolism; Thrombus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART ATRIUM FUNCTION; HEART ATRIUM THROMBOSIS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE CONTRACTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; THORACIC AORTA; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033815290     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1540-8175.2000.00555.x     Document Type: Article

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