Clinical impact of transesophageal echocardiography in patients with stroke without clinical evidence of cardiovascular sources of emboli

Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 458-461

  Tatani, Solange Bernardes ^a,b   Fukujima, Márcia Maiumi ^a   Lima, João Augusto Costa ^a   Ferreira, Luiz Darcy Cortez ^a   Monaco Ghefter, Claudia G ^a   Prado, Gilmar Fernandas ^a   Babayan, Zara ^a   De Azevedo, Lyamara Apostólico ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Embolism; Stroke; Transeophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILD; ECHOGRAPHY; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE SEPTUM; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHILD; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; HEART SEPTUM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0035379235     PISSN: 0066782X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0066-782X2001000600003     Document Type: Article

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