Predictors of left atrial spontaneous echocardiographic contrast or thrombus formation in stroke patients with sinus rhythm and reduced left ventricular function

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 96, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1342-1344

  Handke, Michael ^a   Harloff, Andreas ^a   Hetzel, Andreas ^a   Olschewski, Manfred ^b   Bode, Christoph ^a   Geibel, Annette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL EMBOLISM; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS RHYTHM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STROKE; THROMBOSIS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL APPENDAGE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTRAST MEDIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 27144443338     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2005.06.085     Document Type: Article

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