Dual-enhanced cardiac CT for detection of left atrial appendage thrombus in patients with stroke : A prospective comparison study with transesophageal echocardiography

Stroke

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2471-2477

  Hur, Jin ^a   Kim, Young Jin ^a   Lee, Hye Jeong ^a   Nam, Ji Eun ^a   Ha, Jong Won ^a   Heo, Ji Hoe ^b   Chang, Hyuk Jae ^a   Kim, Hua Sun ^a   Hong, Yoo Jin ^a   Kim, Hee Yeong ^a   Choe, Kyu Ok ^a   Choi, Byoung Wook ^a  

^a Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

dual source cardiac computed tomography (DSCT); stroke; thrombus; transesophageal echocardiography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIAC IMAGING; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM THROMBOSIS; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STROKE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL APPENDAGE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THROMBOSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 80052421357     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.110.611293     Document Type: Article

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