Atrial thrombi - A prospective follow-up study over 3 years with transesophageal echocardiography and cranial magnetic resonance imaging

Echocardiography

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 388-394

  Bernhardt, Peter ^a,c   Schmidt, Harald ^b   Hammerstingl, Christoph ^a   Lüderitz, Berndt ^a   Omran, Heyder ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b ST MARIEN HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^c LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Atrial thrombi; Cerebral embolism

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; HEPARIN;

ANTICOAGULATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM THROMBOSIS; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ATRIAL FUNCTION; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CAROTID STENOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ATRIA; HEPARIN; HUMANS; INFARCTION, MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; INTERNATIONAL NORMALIZED RATIO; INTRACRANIAL THROMBOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STROKE VOLUME; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33745442288     PISSN: 07422822     EISSN: 15408175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-8175.2006.00225.x     Document Type: Article

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