Clinical Predictors of Left Atrial Thrombus and Spontaneous Echocardiographic Contrast in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1181-1185

  Rader, Valerie J ^a   Khumri, Taiyeb M ^a   Idupulapati, Madhuri ^a   Stoner, Casey N ^a   Magalski, Anthony ^a   Main, Michael L ^a  

^a SAINT LUKE S MID AMERICA HEART INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM THROMBOSIS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL MODEL; STROKE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART ATRIA; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE VOLUME; THROMBOSIS; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 34748840287     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2007.02.010     Document Type: Article

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