Echocardiography in the detection of cardioembolism in a stroke population

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 561-565

  Ahmad, Omar ^a   Ahmad, Kate E ^a   Dear, Keith B G ^b   Harvey, Isabel ^a   Hughes, Andrew ^a   Lueck, Christian J ^a  

^a CANBERRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b The Australian National University   (Australia)

Author keywords

Acute cerebral infarction; Echocardiography; Embolic stroke; Stroke unit

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STROKE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMBOLISM; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT SELECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77949914397     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2009.09.016     Document Type: Article

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