The Relationship Between Spontaneous Echocontrast, Transesophageal Echocardiographic Parameters, and Blood Hemoglobin Levels

Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 868-872

  Cavalcante, João Luiz ^a   Al Mallah, Mouaz ^a   Arida, Muhammad ^a   Garcia Sayan, Enrique ^a   Chattahi, Joseph ^a   Ananthasubramaniam, Karthik ^a  

^a HENRY FORD HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Hemoglobin; Left atrium; Spontaneous echo contrast; Transesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; STATIN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; BLOOD RHEOLOGY; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GENDER; HEART ATRIUM ENLARGEMENT; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT ATRIUM APPENDAGE EMPTYING VELOCITY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SPONTANEOUS ECHOCONTRAST; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; ATRIAL APPENDAGE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; CONTRAST MEDIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEART DISEASES; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 45849144791     PISSN: 08947317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.echo.2007.12.015     Document Type: Article

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