Cardiac computed tomographic angiography for detection of cardiac sources of embolism in stroke patients

Stroke

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2073-2078

  Hur, Jin ^a   Kim, Young Jin ^a   Lee, Hye Jeong ^a   Ha, Jong Won ^b   Heo, Ji Hoe ^b   Choi, Eui Young ^b   Shim, Chi Young ^b   Kim, Tae Hoon ^a   Nam, Ji Eun ^a   Choe, Kyu Ok ^a   Choi, Byoung Wook ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DANAPAROID; IOPAMIDOL; PRANOL; PROPRANOLOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DIAGNOSTIC AGENT;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ANEURYSM; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CARDIAC COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; IMAGING SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATENT FORAMEN OVALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARD; STROKE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY THROMBOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; IMAGE PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; AGED; CORONARY THROMBOSIS; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROPRANOLOL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 66849122589     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.108.537928     Document Type: Article

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