Fate of left atrial thrombi in patients with atrial fibrillation determined by transesophageal echocardiography and cerebral magnetic resonance imaging

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 801-804

  Bernhardt, Peter ^a,d   Schmidt, Harald ^c   Hammerstingl, Christoph ^a   Hackenbroch, Matthias ^b   Sommer, Torsten ^b   Lüderitz, Berndt ^a   Omran, Heyder ^c  

^a Department of Medicine Cardiology ^*  (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c ST MARIEN HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^d MRT Ctr St Gertrauden Hosp Berlin   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; HEPARIN; PHENPROCOUMON;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN EMBOLISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM THROMBOSIS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM AND THROMBOSIS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 4544275253     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2004.06.010     Document Type: Article

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