The pivotal role of echocardiography in cardiac sources of embolism

European Journal of Echocardiography

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Rana, Bushra S ^a   Monaghan, Mark J ^b   Ring, Liam ^a   Shapiro, Len S ^a   Nihoyannopoulos, Petros ^c  

^a PAPWORTH HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE HOSPITAL NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE HEALTHCARE NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Embolic stroke; Transesophogeal echocardiography; Transthoracic

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AORTA ATHEROSCLEROSIS; AORTA STENOSIS; ARTERY EMBOLISM; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BRAIN EMBOLISM; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CALCIFICATION; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; FIBROELASTOMA; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART ATRIUM SEPTUM DEFECT; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ANEURYSM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART MYXOMA; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMAN; MITRAL VALVE PROLAPSE; MITRAL VALVE STENOSIS; PATENT FORAMEN OVALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHETIC VALVE THROMBOSIS; STROKE PATIENT; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE; VEIN EMBOLISM;

AORTIC DISEASES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EMBOLISM; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; STROKE;

EID: 84856388131     PISSN: 15252167     EISSN: 15322114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ejechocard/jer122     Document Type: Conference Paper

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