Transesophageal echocardiographic correlates of thromboembolism in high- risk patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 128, Issue 8, 1998, Pages

  Chan, Kwan Leung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; WARFARIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 17344364926     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-128-8-199804150-00005     Document Type: Article

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