Association between the Effect of Spontaneous Contrast in the Thoracic Aorta and Recent Ischemic Stroke Determined by Transesophageal Echocardiography;Associação Entre o Efeito de Contraste Espontâneo na Aorta Torácica e Eventos Isquêmicos Encefálicos Recentes. Estudo Através do Ecocardiograma Transesofágico

Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 47-56

  Petersen Velho, Flavio José ^a,b,c   Dotta, Fernanda ^a,b   Scherer, Leonora ^a,b   Bartholomay, Eduardo ^a,b   Da Silva, Daniela Augusta ^a,b   Gomes Fernandes, Jefferson ^a,b   Rodrigues Torres, Marco Antonio ^a,b  

^a PUCRS ^*

^b PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c NONE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Spontaneous contrast effects on the aorta; Stroke; Transesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ECHO CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AORTA; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSLIPIDEMIA; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; THORACIC AORTA; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AORTA, THORACIC; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0742323989     PISSN: 0066782X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0066-782x2004000100005     Document Type: Article

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