Heart as a source of stroke: Imaging evaluation with computed tomography

Journal of Thoracic Imaging

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Chung, Jonathan H ^a,c   Mitsumori, Lee M ^a   Ordovas, Karen G ^b   Elicker, Brett M ^b   Higgins, Charles B ^b   Reddy, Gautham P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

angiosarcoma; atrial fibrillation; intracardiac thrombus; myxoma; paradoxical embolism; stroke

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ANTICOAGULATION; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BRAIN CIRCULATION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BREAST CANCER; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART RIGHT LEFT SHUNT; HEART TUMOR; HUMAN; INTRACARDIAC THROMBOSIS; LUNG CANCER; LYMPHOMA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MELANOMA; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PARADOXICAL EMBOLISM; PATENT FORAMEN OVALE; REVIEW; STROKE; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK;

CARDIAC-GATED IMAGING TECHNIQUES; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; STROKE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84859998424     PISSN: 08835993     EISSN: 15360237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/RTI.0b013e3181ebea7e     Document Type: Review

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