Transthoracic echocardiography during sinus rhythm identifies elderly patients with nonvalvular paroxysmal atrial fibrillation at high risk of cerebral infarction

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 136, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 346-348

  Sakabe, Koichi ^a   Fukuda, Nobuo ^a   Fukuda, Yamato ^a   Morishita, Satofumi ^a   Shinohara, Hisanori ^a   Tamura, Yoshiyuki ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Cerebral infarction; Elderly people; Transthoracic echocardiography

Indexed keywords

APRINDINE; CIBENZOLINE; PILSICAINIDE; PIRMENOL; WARFARIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY VEIN; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINUS RHYTHM; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VEIN BLOOD FLOW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SINOATRIAL NODE;

EID: 68049100159     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2008.04.065     Document Type: Article

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