Usefulness of transesophageal echocardiography to confirm clinical utility of CHA 2DS 2-VASc and CHADS 2 scores in atrial flutter

American Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 550-555

  Parikh, Milind G ^a   Aziz, Zaid ^a   Krishnan, Kousik ^a   Madias, Christopher ^a   Trohman, Richard G ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHA2DS2 VASC SCORE; CHADS2 SCORE; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FLUTTER; HEART ATRIUM THROMBOSIS; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SINUS RHYTHM; STROKE; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

AGED; ATRIAL FLUTTER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, TRANSESOPHAGEAL; FEMALE; HEART ATRIA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE; THROMBOSIS;

EID: 84856414072     PISSN: 00029149     EISSN: 18791913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2011.10.007     Document Type: Article

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