Left atrial thrombus predicts transient ischemic attack in patients with atrial fibrillation

American Heart Journal

Volumn 145, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 676-682

  Stoddard, Marcus F ^a   Singh, Pradeep ^a   Dawn, Buddhadeb ^a   Longaker, Rita A ^a  

^a University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM THROMBOSIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

EID: 0037386154     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mhj.2003.91     Document Type: Article

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