Single-vessel Versus Multivessel Territory Acute Ischemic Stroke: Value of Transesophageal Echocardiography in the Differentiation of Embolic Stroke

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1165-1169

  Ulrich, Jan Niklas ^a   Hesse, Barbara ^b   Schuele, Stephan ^a   Vlassak, Irmien ^b   Sila, Cathy A ^a   Jaber, Wael A ^b  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMBOLISM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OHIO; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33748034396     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2006.04.004     Document Type: Article

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