Therapeutic strategies after examination by transesophageal echocardiography in 503 patients with ischemic stroke

Stroke

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 859-864

  Harloff, Andreas ^a   Handke, Michael ^a   Reinhard, Matthias ^a   Geibel, Annette ^a   Hetzel, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Echocardiography, transesophageal; Stroke management; Stroke, acute

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; STATINE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULATION; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AORTA THROMBOSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ANEURYSM; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART ATRIUM THROMBOSIS; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SECONDARY PREVENTION; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ADOLESCENT; AORTA; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ISCHEMIA; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PATHOLOGY; RISK; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTICOAGULANTS; AORTA; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; ISCHEMIA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RISK; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33645084820     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.0000202592.87021.b7     Document Type: Article

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