Usefulness of transthoracic echocardiography for identification of left atrial thrombus before balloon mitral valvuloplasty

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 92, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1132-1134

  Krishnamoorthy, K Mahadevan ^a   Tharakan, Jaganmohan A ^a   Titus, Thomas ^a   Ajithkumar, V Kumaran ^a   Bhat, Anil ^a   Harikrishnan, Sivadasan Pillai ^a   Padmakumar, Ramachandran ^a  

^a SREE CHITRA TIRUNAL INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM THROMBOSIS; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART RHYTHM; HUMAN; INFORMED CONSENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MITRAL VALVE REPLACEMENT; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; PREDICTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0142227259     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2003.07.013     Document Type: Article

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