Silent strokes in patients with heart failure

Journal of Cardiac Failure

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 485-489

  Siachos, Thomas ^a   Vanbakel, Adrian ^a   Feldman, David S ^a   Uber, Walter ^a   Simpson, Kit N ^a   Pereira, Naveen L ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Congestive heart failure; Heart transplantation; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 25844525712     PISSN: 10719164     EISSN: 15328414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2005.04.004     Document Type: Article

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