Transthoracic echocardiographic predictors of left atrial appendage thrombus

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 421-425

  Ellis, Keith ^b   Ziada, Khaled M ^a   Vivekananthan, Deepak ^a   Latif, Ahmed Abdel ^a   Shaaraoui, Mustaphasahim ^a   Martin, David ^a   Grimm, Richard A ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVERSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM THROMBOSIS; HEART FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART RHYTHM; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINUS RHYTHM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION;

AGED; ATRIAL APPENDAGE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 31144447808     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2005.08.065     Document Type: Article

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