Transesophageal echocardiographic findings in subcortical and cortical stroke

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 121-124

  Falcone, Rita A ^a   Shapiro, Edward P ^a   Jangula, Julie C ^a   Johnson, Constance J ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; ANGIOGRAPHY; AORTA, THORACIC; AORTIC DISEASES; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 0033957930     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(99)00623-2     Document Type: Article

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