La ecocardiografía en el paciente con accidente cerebrovascular: Un problema pendiente

Medicina Clinica

Volumn 115, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 347-351

  Alcalá López, Juan Emilio ^a   Pérez, Pablo González ^a   Padial, Luis Rodríguez ^a  

^a HOSPITAL VIRGEN DE LA SALUD   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ALGORITHMS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS;

EID: 0034706181     PISSN: 00257753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0025-7753(00)71553-3     Document Type: Review

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