Thrombus-in-transit and paradoxical embolism

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 1021-1022

  Aggarwal, Kul ^a   Jayam, Vinod K ^a   Meyer, Michael A ^a   Nayak, Atasu K ^a   Nathan, Sriram ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART RIGHT LEFT SHUNT; PARADOXICAL EMBOLISM; PROBABILITY; STROKE; THROMBUS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0036736665     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mje.2002.121279     Document Type: Article

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