Original Articles: The association between atrial septal aneurysm and mitral valve prolapse in patients with recent stroke and normal carotid arteries

Italian Heart Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 602-606

  Mattioli, Anna Vittoria ^a   Bonetti, Lorenzo ^a   Aquilina, Michele ^b   Oldani, Antonio ^b   Longhini, Carlo ^c   Mattioli, Giorgio ^a   Limonetti, Patrizia ^d   Venturi, Paola ^d   Milandri, Maurizio ^d   Castellani, Emma Tarabini ^d   Bonatti, Silvia ^d   Zennaro, Mauro ^d   Carpeggiani, Paolo ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b MORGAGNI PIERANTONI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^d Department of Cardiology ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Aneurysm; Atrial septal defect; Mitral valve prolapse; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEART ANEURYSM; HEART ATRIUM; HEART SEPTUM DEFECT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HEART ANEURYSM; HEART ATRIA; HEART SEPTAL DEFECTS, ATRIAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS;

EID: 2142724703     PISSN: 1129471X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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