Is the site of thrombus formation in the left atrial appendage associated with the risk of cerebral embolism?

Cardiology

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 104-110

  Yamaji, Kunihiro ^a   Fujimoto, Shinichi ^a   Yutani, Chikao ^b   Hashimoto, Toshio ^a   Nakamura, Shinobu ^a  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Cerebral embolism; Left atrial appendage; Valvular disease

Indexed keywords

FIBRIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SURFACE PROPERTY; THROMBOCYTE; THROMBOGENESIS; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL APPENDAGE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; AUTOPSY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0036237956     PISSN: 00086312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000057681     Document Type: Article

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