Transesophageal echocardiography for identifying potential cardiac sources of embolism in patients with stroke

Neurological Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 195-202

  Palazzuoli, A ^a   Ricci, D ^a   Lenzi, C ^a   Lenzi, J ^a   Palazzuoli, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cardioembolic events; Stroke; Transesophageal echocardiography; Transthoracic echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HEART; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; MALE;

EID: 0034252196     PISSN: 15901874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100720070076     Document Type: Article

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