Prevalence of Left Atrial Thrombus in Rheumatic Mitral Stenosis with Atrial Fibrillation and Its Response to Anticoagulation: A Transesophageal Echocardiographic Study

Indian Heart Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 358-361

  Srimannarayana, J ^a   Varma, R S ^a   Satheesh, S ^a   Anilkumar, R ^a   Balachander, J ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL INSTITUTE OF POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Echocardiography; Left atrial thrombi; Rheumatic mitral stenosis

Indexed keywords

ACENOCOUMAROL; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISSOLUTION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM THROMBOSIS; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; PREVALENCE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMORBIDITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECURRENCE; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0344845250     PISSN: 00194832     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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