Mild left ventricular dysfunction is associated with thrombogenicity in cardioembolic stroke

European Neurology

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 217-221

  Kwon, Hyung Min ^a   Park, Jong Ho ^c   Kim, Jeong Min ^b   Yoon, Byung Woo ^b  

^a Kyung Hee University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Kwandong University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Left ventricular dysfunctions; Magnetic resonance imaging; Stroke; Thromboembolism

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOEMBOLIC STROKE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM THROMBOSIS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; INTRACARDIAC THROMBOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SPONTANEOUS ECHOCARDIOGRAPHIC CONTRAST; STROKE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; THROMBOGENICITY; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; RISK FACTORS; STROKE VOLUME; THROMBOSIS; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 33845563605     PISSN: 00143022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000096489     Document Type: Article

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