Effect of mitral regurgitation on cerebrovascular accidents in patients with atrial fibrillation and left atrial thrombus

Clinical Cardiology

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2009, Pages

  Nair, Chandra K ^a   Aronow, Wilbert S ^b   Shen, Xuedong ^a   Anand, Kishlay ^a   Holmberg, Mark J ^a   Esterbrooks, Dennis J ^a  

^a CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY CARDIAC CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Cerebrovascular accidents; Left atrial thrombus; Mitral regurgitation; Transesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM THROMBOSIS; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; RISK REDUCTION; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, PULSED; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE INSUFFICIENCY; PREVALENCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STROKE; STROKE VOLUME; THROMBOSIS; TIME FACTORS; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 73249139735     PISSN: 01609289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clc.20433     Document Type: Article

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