Prevalence of intra-atrial thrombi in atrial fibrillation patients with subtherapeutic international normalized ratios while taking conventional anticoagulation

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 660-662

  Shen, Xuedong ^a   Li, Huagui ^a   Rovang, Karen ^a   Hee, Tom ^a   Holmberg, Mark J ^a   Mooss, Aryan N ^a   Mohiuddin, Syed M ^a  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY CARDIAC CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM THROMBOSIS; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL STANDARD UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; THROMBUS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ELECTRIC COUNTERSHOCK; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEBRASKA; PREVALENCE; STROKE VOLUME; THROMBOSIS; WARFARIN;

EID: 0037106991     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9149(02)02579-1     Document Type: Article

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