The role of transesophageal echocardiopgraphy in detection of cardiogenic and aortic sources of embolism in stroke and transient ischaemic attacks;Význam transezofageálnej echokardiografie v detekcii kardiogénnej a aortálnej embolizácie pri ložiskovej ischémii mozgu a tranzitórnych ischemických atakoch

Vnitrni Lekarstvi

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 144-151

  Dúbrava, Juraj ^a   Garay, R ^a  

^a Pracovisko Petržalka ^*  (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Aortic source of embolism; Cardiogenic embolism; Stroke; Transesophageal echocardiography; Transient ischaemic attack

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SINUS RHYTHM; STROKE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 33644898114     PISSN: 0042773X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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