Hyperhomocysteinemia is associated with the presence of left atrial thrombus in stroke patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation

Stroke

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 909-912

  Ay, Hakan ^a   Arsava, E Murat ^a   Tokgözoǧlu, S Lale ^a   Özer, Necla ^a   Saribaş, Okay ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Homocyst(e)ine; Stroke; Thrombosis

Indexed keywords

CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE;

ADULT; AGED; AMINO ACID BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID BLOOD LEVEL; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM THROMBOSIS; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART VALVE; HUMAN; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE; THROMBOGENESIS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VITAMIN BLOOD LEVEL;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART DISEASES; HOMOCYSTEINE; HUMANS; HYPERHOMOCYSTEINEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0037385020     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000060202.63475.BA     Document Type: Article

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