Clinical and echocardiographic characteristics of patients with left atrial thrombus and sinus rhythm: Experience in 20 643 consecutive transesophageal echocardiographic examinations

Circulation

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 27-31

  Agmon, Y ^a   Khandheria, B K ^a   Gentile, F ^a   Seward, J B ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Heart atrium; Thrombosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM THROMBOSIS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MALE; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SINUS RHYTHM; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DATABASES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART CONDUCTION SYSTEM; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0036142408     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/hc0102.101776     Document Type: Article

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