Ratio of peak early to late diastolic filling velocity of the left ventricular inflow is associated with left atrial appendage thrombus formation in elderly patients with acute ischemic stroke and sinus rhythm

Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 75-84

  Ling, Liu ^b   Hirono, Osamu ^a   Okuyama, Hidenobu ^b   Takeishi, Yasuchika ^b   Kayama, Takamasa ^a   Kubota, Isao ^b  

^a YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Department of Cardiology Pulmonology and Nephrology ^*

Author keywords

Doppler ultrasound; Echocardiography; Stroke; Thrombosis; Transthoracic

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM APPENDAGE; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; THROMBOSIS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL APPENDAGE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THROMBOSIS; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 33750102221     PISSN: 09145087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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