Routine cardiac evaluation in patients with ischaemic stroke and absence of known atrial fibrillation or coronary heart disease: Transthoracic echocardiography vs. multidetector cardiac computed tomography

European Journal of Neurology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 317-323

  Kim, S J ^a   Choe, Y H ^a   Park, S J ^a   Kim, G M ^a   Chung, C S ^a   Lee, K H ^a   Bang, O Y ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Coronary disease; Echocardiography; Ischaemic; Multidetector cardiac CT; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BRAIN EMBOLISM; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIAC IMAGING; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR CARDIAC COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CORONARY DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; STROKE;

EID: 84856027045     PISSN: 13515101     EISSN: 14681331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-1331.2011.03505.x     Document Type: Article

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