Low incidence of embolic strokes with atrial septal aneurysms: A prospective, long-term study

American Heart Journal

Volumn 139, Issue 1 I, 2000, Pages 149-152

  Burger, Andrew J ^a,b   Sherman, Howard B ^a   Charlamb, Mark J ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANEURYSM; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0033971533     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-8703(00)90322-3     Document Type: Article

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