Femoral signal intensity: A new method for prediction of embolic risk

Japanese Heart Journal

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 705-712

  Ercan, Ertugrul ^a   Baris, Nezihi ^b   Tengiz, Istemihan ^a   Ercan, H Ekin ^a   Onbasili, O A ^c   Duman, Can ^d   Cinar, C Soydas ^b  

^a Central Hospital   (Turkey)

^b EGE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^c ADNAN MENDERES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Embolic risk; Mitral stenosis; Spontaneous echo contrast

Indexed keywords

ECHO CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; FEMORAL ARTERY FLOW; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEMOSTASIS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RHEUMATIC HEART DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; FEMORAL ARTERY; HEART ATRIA; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK; THROMBOEMBOLISM;

EID: 27244450465     PISSN: 00214868     EISSN: 1348673X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1536/jhj.44.705     Document Type: Article

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