Retrograde blood flow in the aortic arch determined by transesophageal Doppler ultrasound

Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 22-28

  Svedlund, S ^a   Wetterholm, R ^a   Volkmann, R ^a   Caidahl, K ^a,b  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Doppler ultrasound; Ischemic stroke; Secondary prevention; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AORTA ARCH; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AORTA FLOW; AORTA WALL; ARTICLE; BLOOD FLOW VELOCITY; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AORTA, THORACIC; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 56149119010     PISSN: 10159770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000172630     Document Type: Article

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