Transesophageal echocardiography discloses unexpected cardiac sources of embolus in stroke patients aged more than 45 years

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 941-945

  Fukujima, Marcia Maiumi ^a   Tatani, Solange Bernardes ^a   Aguiar, Alexandre Santos ^b   De Rezende Ferraz, Maria Elisabeth Matta ^a   Francisco, Silvio ^a   Ferreira, Luiz Darcy ^c   Monaco, Cláudia G ^c   Ortiz, Juarez ^c   Costa Lima, João Augusto ^d   Gabbai, Alberto Alain ^a   Do Prado, Gilmar Fernandes ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b OMNI Non invasive Cardiological Diagnosis Center ^*

^c Johns Hopkins University   (Brazil)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac embolism; Stroke; Transesophageal echocardiogram

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AORTA VALVE DISEASE; AORTA VALVE REGURGITATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CALCIFICATION; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEMALE; HEART ANEURYSM; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART ATRIUM THROMBOSIS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART VENTRICLE THROMBOSIS; HUMAN; INTRACARDIAC THROMBOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE DISEASE; STROKE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 32244445818     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: 16784227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2005000600007     Document Type: Article

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