Transesophageal assessment of left atrial thrombus using a 3.3-mm monoplane probe

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1381-1384

  Brosnan, Rhoda B ^a   Crowley, Anna Lisa ^a   Russo, Cheryl A ^a   Jollis, James G ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM THROMBOSIS; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MECHANICAL PROBE; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SEDATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOPICAL ANESTHESIA; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MINIATURIZATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; THROMBOSIS; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 29244456744     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2005.05.007     Document Type: Article

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