The utility of transoesophageal echocardiography to determine management in suspected embolic stroke

Internal Medicine Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 813-818

  Galougahi, K K ^a   Stewart, T ^a   Choong, C Y P ^a   Storey, C E ^a   Yates, M ^a   Tofler, G H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Embolism; Stroke; Stroke management; Transoesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATHEROMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM THROMBOSIS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT INDICATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; EMBOLISM; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STROKE;

EID: 78650706137     PISSN: 14440903     EISSN: 14455994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-5994.2009.02103.x     Document Type: Article

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