Feasibility and clinical utility of transesophageal echocardiography in the acute phase of cerebral ischemia

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 106, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1339-1344

  De Castro, Stefano ^a   Papetti, Federica ^a   Di Angelantonio, Emanuele ^c   Razmovska, Biljana ^a   Truscelli, Giovanni ^a   Tuderti, Ursula ^a   Puca, Emanuele ^a   Correnti, Agata ^a   Fiorelli, Marco ^b   Prencipe, Massimiliano ^a   Toni, Danilo ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROTIC PLAQUE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL EVALUATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG MEGADOSE; EARLY INTERVENTION; EMBOLISM; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATENT FORAMEN OVALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SYMPTOM; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 77958533198     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2010.06.066     Document Type: Article

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