Dilated cardiomyopathy, spontaneous echo contrast in the aorta and embolic events

Acta Cardiologica

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 9-14

  Kozdaǧ, Güliz ^a   Ertaş, Gökhan ^a   Şahin, Tayfun ^a   Kiltç, Teoman ^a   Aǧaçdiken, Ayşen ^a   Bildirici, Ulaş ^a   Vural, Ahmet ^a   Ural, Dilek ^a  

^a KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Aorta; Dilated cardiomyopathy; Left atrium; Spontaneous echo contrast; Thromboembolic event

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AORTA; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AORTA ROOT; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTRAST ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART INDEX; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AORTIC DISEASES; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CONTRAST MEDIA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; STROKE VOLUME; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77749283526     PISSN: 00015385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2143/AC.65.1.2045883     Document Type: Article

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