Relation of transesophageal echocardiographic findings to subtypes of cerebral infarction in patients with atrial fibrillation

Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 517-522

  Shinokawa, Noriko ^a   Hirai, Tadakazu ^a   Takashima, Shutaro ^a   Kameyama, Tomoki ^a   Obata, Yoshiko ^a   Nakagawa, Keiko ^a   Asanoi, Hidetsugu ^a   Inoue, Hiroshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aortic atherosclerosis; Atrial fibrillation; Cerebral infarction; Spontaneous echo contrast; Transesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AORTA WALL; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN INFARCTION; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033936435     PISSN: 01609289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clc.4960230710     Document Type: Article

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